Abstract

Excess electrons in condensed-phase media play a crucial role in the dynamics of important chemical processes. Among those arc solution photochemistry, non-radiative electronic transitions, and charge transfer reactions. Hydrated electrons, i.e. electrons solvated in water, arc of special interest. They can be viewed as an exceptional instrument for extracting information about the solvation process in water that plays an outstanding role in nature. Another motivation for a detailed study of the hydrated electron stems from the unique possibility to confront the predictions of mixed classical-quantum mechanical molecular dynamics simulations. This presents a direct way to verify the basic a priori assumptions that radically influence the outcome of computer modeling.

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