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Magnetic field effects in chemistry and biology

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Festkörperprobleme 22

Part of the book series: Advances in Solid State Physics ((ASSP,volume 22))

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Chemical and biological photoprocesses which involve bimolecular reactions between non-zero spin intermediates, e.g. doublet molecules 2A+2B, often produce the intermediate molecular pair in a pure overall spin state, e.g. a singlet state 1(2A+2B). and select for the reaction channels again such spin states, e.g. a triplet state 3(2A+2B). The necessery transition 1(2A+2B)→3(2A+2B) is affected by magnetic interactions (hyperfine, Zeeman, zero field splitting) and can be influenced by magnetic fields. Examples are photoinduced electron transfer processes, e.g. the primary reaction of photosynthesis.

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Dedicated to. A. Weller on the occasion of his 60th birthday.

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Schulten, K. (1982). Magnetic field effects in chemistry and biology. In: Grosse Aachen, P. (eds) Festkörperprobleme 22. Advances in Solid State Physics, vol 22. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0107935

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