International Journal of Photoenergy
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 150682, 8 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/150682
Research Article

Two-Dimensional Free Energy Surfaces for Electron Transfer Reactions in Solution

Shigeo Murata,1 Maged El-Kemary,2 and M. Tachiya1

1National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), AIST Tsukuba Central 5, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba 305-8565, Japan
2Chemistry Department, Faculty of Education, Kafr ElSheikh University, Kafr ElSheikh 33516, Egypt

Received 2 May 2008; Revised 18 June 2008; Accepted 18 August 2008

Academic Editor: Mohamed Sabry Abdel-Mottaleb

Copyright © 2008 Shigeo Murata et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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