Professor Joshua Jortner Topical List of Publications
M. Electron Transfer in Chemistry and Biophysics
M1. Thermal Electron Transfer Reactions in Polar Solvents. With N.R.
Kestner and J. Logan. J. Phys. Chem. 78, 2148 (1974).
M2. The Effect of Intramolecular Quantum Modes on Free Energy
Relationships for Electron Transfer Reactions. With J. Ulstrup. J. Chem. Phys. 63, 4358 (1975).
M3. Temperature Dependent Activation Energy for Electron Transfer between Biological Molecules. J. Chem. Phys. 64, 4860 (1976).
M4. The Effect of Anharmonic Intramolecular Quantum Modes on Free Energy
Relationships for Electron Transfer Reactions. With N.C. Sondergaard and
J. Ulstrup. Chem. Phys. 17, 417 (1976).
M5. The Hexaaminecobalt Electron Exchange Reaction. With E. Buhks,
M. Bixon and G. Navon. J. Inorganic Chem. 18, 2014 (1979).
M6. Spin Conversion Processes in Solutions. With E. Buhks, G. Navon and M. Bixon. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 102, 2918 (1980).
M7. Activationless Electron Transfer Processes in Biological Systems.
With E. Buhks. FEBS Letters 109, 117 (1980).
M8. Dynamics of the Primary Events in Bacterial Photosynthesis. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 102, 6676 (1980).
M9. Dynamics of Electron Transfer in Bacterial Photosynthesis. BBA
Reviews on Bioenergetics. Biochim. et. Biophys. Acta 594, 193 (1980).
M10. Theory of Ultrafast Electron Transfer in Bacterial Photosynthesis.
Proc. of the Third International Symposium on Oxidases and Related Oxidation
Reduction Systems. Pergamon Press, New York (1981).
M11. Effects of Medium Modes on Electron Transfer in a Biological System.
With E. Buhks and M. Bixon. Chem. Phys. 55, 41 (1981).
M12. Quantum Effects on the Rates of Electron Transfer Reactions. With E. Buhks, M. Bixon and G. Navon. J. Phys. Chem. 85, 3759 (1981).
M13. Deuterium Isotope Effects on Outer-Sphere Electron Transfer
Reactions. With E. Buhks and M. Bixon. J. Phys. Chem. 85, 3763 (1981).
M14. Quantum Effects on Electron Transfer Processes. With M. Bixon. Faraday Discuss. Chem. Soc. 74, 17 (1982).
M15. Electron Transfer in Bacterial Photosynthesis. With M. Bixon. Comments on Molecular & Cell Biophysics 3, 387 (1986).
M16. Some Aspects of Energy Transfer in Antennas and Electron Transfer in
Reaction Centers of Photosynthetic Bacteria. With M.E. Michel-Beyerle.
Primary Processes in Bacterial Photosynthesis. Ed. M.E. Michel-Beyerle.
Springer-Verlag (1986).
M17. Coupling of Protein Modes to Electron Transfer in Bacterial
Photosynthesis. With M. Bixon. J. Phys. Chem. 90, 3795 (1986).
M18. On the Mechanism of Cytochrome Oxidation in Bacterial Photosynthesis: Quantum Tunnelling Effects Revisited. With M. Bixon. FEBS Letters 200, 303 (1986).
M19. Does Cytochrome Oxidation in Bacterial Photosynthesis Manifest
Tunneling Effects? With M. Bixon.
In: Tunneling. Eds. J. Jortner and B. Pullman. D. Reidel Publishing Co., Holland (1986), p. 361.
M20. Dynamic Solvent Effects on Outer-Sphere Electron Transfer.
With I. Rips. J. Chem. Phys. 87, 2090 (1987).
M21. Charge Exchange between Localized Sites. With M. Bixon.
In: Protein Structure. Eds. E. Buhks, D. DeVault, B. Chance, P.L. Dutton,
H. Frauenfelder and V.I. Gol'danskii. Springer-Verlag, New York (1987), p.
277.
M22. The Effect of Solvent Relaxation Dynamics on Outer-Sphere Electron
Transfer. With I. Rips. Chem. Phys. Letters 133, 411 (1987).
M23. The Role of the Accessory Bacteriochlorophyll in Reaction Centers of
Photosynthetic Bacteria: Intermediate Acceptor in the Primary Electron
Transfer? With M. Bixon, W. Lersch, M.E. Michel-Beyerle and A. Ogrodnik. Chem. Phys. Letters 140, 626 (1987).
M24. Electron Transfer in a Microscopically Inhomogeneous Medium. With I. Rips. Intn'l J. of Quantum Chem. 21, 313 (1987).
M25. Outer-Sphere Electron Transfer in Polar Solvents. Activationless and Inverted Regimes. With I. Rips. J. Chem. Phys. 87, 6513 (1987).
M26. Unidirectionality of Charge Separation in Reaction Centers of
Photosynthetic Bacteria. With M.E. Michel-Beyerle, M. Plato, J. Deisenhofer, H. Michel and M. Bixon. BBA, 932, 52 (1988).
M27. Intramolecular Vibrational Excitations Accompanying SolventControlled Electron Transfer Reactions. With M. Bixon. J. Chem. Phys. 88, 167 (1988).
M28. Activationless Solvent-Controlled Electron Transfer. With I. Rips. J. Chem. Phys. 88, 818 (1988).
M29. Intermolecular Electronic Interactions in the Primary Charge
Separation in Bacterial Photosynthesis. With M. Plato, K. Möbius, M.E.
Michel-Beyerle and M. Bixon. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 110, 7279 (1988).
M30. Mechanism of the Primary Charge Separation in Bacterial
Photosynthetic Reaction Centers. With M. Bixon, M. Plato and M.E. Michel
Beyerle. In: Photosynthetic Reaction Center. Eds. J. Breton and A.
Vermeglio. Plenum Publ. Co. (1988), p. 399.
M31. A Comment on Cytochrome Oxidation in Bacterial Photosynthesis. With M. Bixon. J. Chem. Phys. 89, 3392 (1988).
M32. Electric Field Effects on the Primary Charge Separation in Bacterial
Photosynthesis. With M. Bixon. J. Phys. Chem. 92, 7148 (1988).
M33. Interrelationship between Primary Electron Transfer Dynamics and
Magnetic Interactions in Photosynthetic Reaction Centers. With M.E. Michel
Beyerle and M. Bixon. Chem. Phys. Letters 151, 188 (1988).
M34. Formation Dynamics, Decay Kinetics and Singlet-Triplet Splitting of
the (Bacteriochlorophyll Dimer)+(Bacteriopheophytin)- Radical Pair in
Bacterial Photosynthesis. With M. Bixon and M.E. Michel-Beyerle. Isr. J. Chem. 28, 155 (1988).
M35. Cytochrome Oxidation in Bacterial Photosynthesis. With M. Bixon. Photosynthesis Research 22, 29 (1989).
M36. Solvation Dynamics and Solvent-Controlled Electron Transfer. With I. Rips and J. Klafter. In: Photochemical Energy Conversion. Eds. J.R. Norris and D. Meisel. Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam (1989), p.1.
M37. A Superexchange Mechanism for the Primary Charge Separation in
Photosynthetic Reaction Centers. With M. Bixon, M.E. Michel-Beyerle and
A. Ogrodnik. BBA 977, 273 (1989).
M38. Activationless and Pseudoactivationless Primary Electron Transfer in
Photosynthetic Bacterial Reaction Centers. With M. Bixon. Chem. Phys.
Letters 159, 17 (1989).
M39. On the Role of Tryptophan as a Superexchange Mediator for Quinone
Reduction in Photosynthetic Reaction Centers. With M. Plato, M.E. Michel
Beyerle and M. Bixon. FEBS Letters 249, 70-74 (1989).
M40. Electron Transfer Dynamics in Photosynthesis. With M. Bixon. Procs. VIIIth International Congress on Photosynthesis, Stockholm (August 1989).
M41. The Superexchange Model for the Primary Charge Separation in
Bacterial Photosynthesis. With M. Bixon and M.E. Michel-Beyerle.
In: Perspectives in Photosynthesis. Eds. J. Jortner and B. Pullman. Kluwer
Academic Publishers, Dordrecht (1990), p. 325.
M42. Frequency Factor for the Outer-Sphere Electron Transfer. Bridging
between the Diabatic, Adiabatic and Solvent-Controlled Limits. With I. Rips. In: Perspectives in Photosynthesis. Eds. J. Jortner and B. Pullman. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht (1990), p. 293.
M43. Microscopic Solvation Dynamics and Solvent-Controlled Electron
Transfer. With I. Rips and J. Klafter. J. Phys. Chem. 94, 8557 (1990).
M44. On the Primary Charge Separation in Bacterial Photosynthesis. With M. Bixon and M.E. Michel-Beyerle. In: Reaction Centres of Photosynthetic Bateria. Ed. M.E. Michel-Beyerle. Springer Verlag, Berlin (1990), p. 389.
M45. On the Mechanism of the Primary Charge Separation in Bacterial
Photosynthesis. With M. Bixon and M.E. Michel-Beyerle. BBA 1056, 301 (1991).
M46. Non-Arrhenius Temperature Dependence of Electron Transfer Rates. With M. Bixon. J. Phys. Chem. 95, 1941 (1991).
M47. Long-Range Electron Transfer in Solvent-Free Supermolecules. With M. Bixon, H. Heitele and M.E. Michel-Beyerle. Chem. Phys. Letters 197, 131 (1992).
M48. Electron Transfer in Bacterial Photosynthetic Reaction Centers. With M. Bixon and M.E. Michel-Beyerle. In: Membrane Proteins. Eds. B. Pullman and J. Jortner. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht (1992), p. 471.
M49. The Primary Charge Separation in Bacterial Photosynthesis. What is
New? With M. Bixon and M.E. Michel-Beyerle. In: The Photosynthetic
Bacterial Reaction Center: Structure, Spectroscopy and Dynamics. Eds.
J. Breton and A. Vermeglio. Plenum Press, New York (1992), p. 291.
M50. Radical Pair Dynamics in the Bacterial Photosynthetic Reaction
Center. With M. Bixon and M.E. Michel-Beyerle. In: The Photosynthetic
Bacterial Reaction Center: Structure, Spectroscopy and Dynamics. NATO
ASI Series. Eds. J. Breton and A. Vermeglio. Plenum Press, New York (1992),
p. 283.
M51. Primary Electron Transfer Events in Bacterial Photosynthesis. With M. Bixon. In: Dynamics and Mechanics of Photoinduced Electron Transfer and Related Phenomena. Eds. N. Mataga, T. Okada and H. Masuhara. Elsevier
Science Publ. (1992), p. 513.
M52. Some Theoretical Aspects of Electron Transfer in Supermolecules.
With M. Bixon. In: Ultrafast Phenomena VIII. Eds. J.L. Martin, A. Migus, G.A. Mourou and A.H. Zewail. Springer Series in Chemical Physics 55, 15 (1993).
M53. Electron Transfer in Supermolecules. With M. Bixon. Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 234, 29 (1993).
M54. The Singlet-Triplet Splitting of the Primary Radical Pair in the
Bacterial Photosynthetic Reaction Center. With M. Bixon and M.E. Michel
Beyerle. Zeits. Phys. Chem. 180, 193 (1993).
M55. Long-Range, Photoinduced Charge Separation in Solvent-Free Donor
Bridge-Acceptor Molecules. With M. Bixon, B. Wegewijs, J.W. Verhoeven, and
R.P.H. Rettschnik. Chem. Phys. Letters 205, 451 (1993).
M56. Solvent Relaxation Dynamics and Electron Transfer. With M. Bixon. Chem. Phys. 176, 467 (1993).
M57. Charge Separation and Recombination in Isolated Supermolecules. With M. Bixon. J. Phys. Chem. 97, 13061 (1993).
M58. Bandshape Analysis of the Charge Transfer Fluorescence in Barrelene
Based Electron-Donor-Acceptor Compounds. With J. Cortes and H. Heitele. J. Phys. Chem. 98, 2527 (1994).
M59. Electron Transfer and Intramolecular Radiationless Transitions. With M. Bixon. J. Photochem. and Photobiology 82, 5 (1994).
M60. Lifetimes for Radiative Charge Recombination in Donor-Acceptor
Molecules. With M. Bixon and J.W. Verhoeven. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 116, 7349 (1994).
M61. Energy Gap Law for Nonradiative and Radiative Charge Transfer in
Isolated and in Solvated Supermolecules. With M. Bixon, J. Cortes, H.
Heitele and M.E. Michel-Beyerle. J. Phys. Chem. 98, 7289 (1994).
M62. A Kinetic Analysis of the Primary Charge Separation in Bacterial
Photosynthesis. Energy Gaps and Static Heterogeneity. With M. Bixon and
M.E. Michel-Beyerle. Chem. Phys. 197, 389 (1995).
M63. Electronic Coupling Modes in Inter- and Intra-Molecular Donor
Acceptor Systems as Revealed by Their Solvent Dependent Charge-Transfer
Fluorescence. With J.W. Verhoeven, T. Scherer, B. Wegewijs, R.M. Hermant, M.
Bixon, S. Depaemelaere and F.C. de Schryver. Recl. Trav. Chim. Pays-Bas
114, 443 (1995).
M64. Energetics of the Primary Charge Separation in Bacterial
Photosynthesis. With M. Bixon and M.E. Michel-Beyerle. In: The Reaction Centre of Photosynthetic Bacteria. Structure and Dynamics. Ed. M.E.
Michel-Beyerle. Springer, Heidelberg (1996) p. 287.
M65. Effects of Static Heterogeneity on the Parallel-Sequential-Superexchange Mechanism
for the Primary Charge Separation in Bacterial
Photosynthesis. With M. Bixon and M.E. Michel-Beyerle. In: The Reaction Centre of
Photosynthetic Bacteria. Structure and Dynamics. Ed. M.E.
Michel-Beyerle. Springer, Heidelberg (1996) p. 297.
M66. Molecular Electronics: Some Directions. With M.A. Ratner. In: Molecular Electronics. Eds. M.A. Ratner and J. Jortner. Blackwells,
Oxford (1997) p. 5.
M67. Vibrational Coherence in Nonadiabatic Dynamics. With M. Bixon.
J. Chem. Phys. 107, 1470 (1997).
M68. Electron Transfer via Bridges. With M. Bixon. J. Chem. Phys. 107, 5154 (1997).
M69. Electron Transfer Dynamics. With M. Bixon and M.A. Ratner. Procs. Indian Academy of Sciences. Chemical Sciences 109, 365 (1997).
M70. Charge Transfer and Transport in DNA.
With M. Bixon, T. Langenbacher and M.E. Michel-Beyerle.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 95, 12759 (1998).
M71. Electron Transfer. From Isolated Molecules to Biomolecules. With M. Bixon.
Adv. in Chem. Physics 106, 35 (1999).
M72. Long-Range Charge Hopping in DNA.
With M. Bixon, B. Giese, S. Wessely, T. Langenbacher, and M.E. Michel-Beyerle.
Proceed. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96, 11713 (1999).
M73. Energetic Control and Kinetics of Hole Migration in DNA.
With M. Bixon.
J. Phys. Chem. 104, 3906 (2000).
M74. Energetics of Hole Transfer in DNA.
With A.A. Voityuk, M. Bixon and N. Rösch.
Chem. Phys. Letts. 324, 430 (2000).
M75. Electronic Coupling for Charge Transfer and Transport in DNA.
With A. Voityuk, N. Rösch, and M. Bixon.
J. Phys. Chem. B104, 9740 (2000).
M76. Tunneling Time for Electron Transfer Reactions.
With A. Nitzan, J. Wilkie, L. Burin and M.A. Ratner.
J. Phys. Chem. B 104, 5661 (2000).
M77. Electronic Coupling between Watson-Crick Pairs for Hole Transfer and
Transport in DNA.
With A.A. Voityuk, M. Bixon and N. Rösch.
J. Chem. Phys. 114, 5614 (2001).
M78. Charge Transport in DNA via Thermally Induced Hopping. With M. Bixon. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 123, 12556 (2001).
M79. Hole Trapping, Detrapping and Hopping in DNA. With M. Bixon. J. Phys. Chem. A 105, 10322 (2001).
M80. Long-Range and Very Long-Range Charge Transport in DNA. With M. Bixon. Chemical Physics Special Issue on Molecular Wires 281, 393 (2002).
M81. Superexchange Mediated Charge Hopping in DNA. With M. Bixon, A. A. Voityuk and N. Rösch. J. Phys. Chem. (Special Issue in memory of Wilse Robinson) 106, 7599 (2002).
M82. Effects of Configurational Fluctuations on Electronic Coupling for Charge Transfer Dynamics. With M. Bixon. Russian Journal of Electrochemistry 39, 3 (2003).
M83. Incoherent Charge Hopping and Conduction in DNA and Long Molecular Chains.
with M. Bixon. Chem. Phys. 319, 273 (2005).
M84. Foundations of Molecular Electronics - Charge Transport in Molecular Conduction Junctions.
With A. Nitzan and M.A. Ratner.
In: Introducing Molecular Electronics. Eds. C. Cuniberti, G. Fagus and K. Richter.
Springer Verlag (2005), pp. 13-54.
M85. Shallow Traps for Thermally Induced Hole Hopping in DNA.
With M. Bixon.
Chem. Phys. 326, 252 (2006).