Mixed valency and the power of spectroscopy

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Carol Creutz, ccreutz@bnl.gov, Chemistry Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973
I plan to illustrate the power of spectroscopy of charge-transfer systems in elucidating the nature of the electronic ground state, understanding the transition between weakly and strongly electronically coupled systems, understanding the roles of bridging ligands, and probing the nature and intensity of interfacial interactions.