1923– Canadian-born American physical chemist who developed the theory of electron-transfer reactions in chemical systems.
Keywords: oxidation; reduction; electron transfer
Marcus, Rudolph Arthur
Katherine D Watson, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002869
| Further Reading | |
| Amato I (1992) Chemistry: a winning electronic two-step. Science 258: 544. | |
| book James LK (ed.) (1993) Nobel Laureates in Chemistry 1901–1992. Washington DC: American Chemical Society and Chemical Heritage Foundation. | |
| Journal of Physical Chemistry (1986) 90(16): 3453–3466. [Rudolph A. Marcus commemorative issue.] | |
| Levi BG (1993) Marcus wins Nobel Prize in chemistry for electron transfer theory. Physics Today 46(1): 20–22. | |
| Marcus RA (1986) Theory, experiment, and reaction rates. A personal view. Journal of Physical Chemistry 90: 3460–3465. | |
| Marcus RA and Sutin N (1985) Electron transfers in chemistry and biology. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 811: 265–322. | |
| book McMurray EJ (ed.) (1995) Notable Twentieth Century Scientists. New York and London: Gale Research. | |
