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Molecule-Assisted Transport of Charges and Energy Across Donor–Wire–Acceptor Junctions

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The previous sections demonstrated that charge-transfer and energy-transfer processes are characterized by many different parameters. We cannot limit ourselves to the molecular building blocks of a system. Instead, the entire supramolecular structure should be analyzed as a whole system. Only this assists in gathering a sufficient understanding of the interplay between the components. In particular, a close inspection reveals that the energetics and the relationship of the energy-levels of donor, bridge and acceptor govern the energy/charge transfer properties of these systems. However, the key roles in these transport processes are played by the molecular bridges connecting the donor with the acceptor. In the following we survey these processes with particular emphasis on the function of the bridges, or, in other words, on their molecular wire properties.

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Wielopolski, M. (2010). Molecule-Assisted Transport of Charges and Energy Across Donor–Wire–Acceptor Junctions. In: Testing Molecular Wires. Springer Theses. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14740-1_4

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