Abstract

Mobility measurements¹ and spectroscopic studies² of excess electrons in liquids indicate an increasing tendency for localization in the more polar solvents. The spectroscopic studies also show that in the polar solvents there are a number of stages in the electron localization process, including the rotation of solvent molecules, and furthermore that solvent clusters, rather than single solvent molecules, are important in electron localization. Of perhaps even greater interest to chemists and biologists are the mechanisms of intramolecular or intermolecular electron transfer, and the influence of the surrounding medium on these processes.

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