Entropy Considerations in Spin-Selective Radical-Ion-Pair Reactions

Radical-ion-pair reactions were recently shown to manifest a host of non-trivial quantum effects accounted for by quantum measurement theory. An alternative approach purporting to describe the fundamental quantum dynamics of spin-selective radical-ion pair reactions was introduced most recently, bri...

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Main Author Kominis, Iannis K
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 07.03.2010
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Physics - Biological Physics
Physics - Chemical Physics
Physics - Quantum Physics
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Summary:Radical-ion-pair reactions were recently shown to manifest a host of non-trivial quantum effects accounted for by quantum measurement theory. An alternative approach purporting to describe the fundamental quantum dynamics of spin-selective radical-ion pair reactions was introduced most recently, bringing to three the competing theories, including the one traditionally used in spin chemistry. We here consider entropy as a fundamental concept enabling a comparison of the predictions of these theories against what is physically acceptable on quite general grounds.
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1003.1442