Nature Communications (Jan 2021)

Crossover between the adiabatic and nonadiabatic electron transfer limits in the Landau-Zener model

  • Guang Yuan Zhu,
  • Yi Qin,
  • Miao Meng,
  • Suman Mallick,
  • Hang Gao,
  • Xiaoli Chen,
  • Tao Cheng,
  • Ying Ning Tan,
  • Xuan Xiao,
  • Mei Juan Han,
  • Mei Fang Sun,
  • Chun Y. Liu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20557-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The Landau-Zener formula is a semiclassical model describing nonadiabatic transitions, but its range of validity in approaching the adiabatic regime had not been verified. The authors investigate electron transfer reactions in a series of mixed-valence complexes spanning the nonadiabatic throughout the adiabatic limit, and show that the model is valid in a broader range of conditions than previously expected.