Physical chemistry

In the area of organic chemistry one major challenge we are currently faced with is how to assemble potentially useful molecules in new ways that generate molecular complexity and in sequences that are as efficient as possible.

State-of-the-art survey by leading experts in the field.

This brief presents numerical methods for describing and calculating invariant phase space structures, as well as solving the classical and quantum equations of motion for polyatomic molecules.

The present volume is a collection of review articles highlighting the fundamental advances made in this area by the internationally acclaimed research groups , most of them being pioneers themselves and coming together for the first time.

In this volume, a detailed description of cutting-edge computational methods applied to protein modeling as well as specific applications are presented.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary research and emerging measurement technologies associated with gas transport in solid oxide fuel cells.

This book aims to introduce the basic concepts involved in industrial catalytic processes.

Silicones have unique properties including thermal oxidative stability, low temperature flow, high compressibility, low surface tension, hydrophobicity and electric properties.

Applications of EPR in Radiation Research is a multi-author contributed volume presented in eight themes: I.

The series Topics in Current Chemistry presents critical reviews of the present and future trends in modern chemical research.

This thesis identifies the turning point in chain length, after which alkanes self-solvate into a folded structure instead of an extended stretched conformation.

This book extends the development of the thermodynamic theory of specific intermolecular interactions to element-organic and specific organometallic compounds.

The series Topics in Organometallic Chemistry presents critical overviews of research results in organometallic chemistry.

The series Topics in Organometallic Chemistry presents critical overviews of research results in organometallic chemistry.

This proceedings volume gathers a selection of papers presented at the Fifth International Conference on High Performance Scientific Computing, which took place in Hanoi on March 5-9, 2012.

The aim of this brief is to present, in sufficient detail, a non-perturbative technique for calculating optical hyperpolarizabilities.

Synergetics is the quantitative study of multicomponent systems that exhibit nonlinear dynamics and cooperativity.

This brief investigates the diradical character, which is one of the ground-state chemical indices for "e;bond weakness"e; or "e;electron correlation"e; and which allows researchers to explore the origins of the electron-correlation-driven physico-chemical phenomena concerned with electronic, optical and magnetic properties as well as to control them in the broad fields of physics and chemistry.

This thesis presents studies on the interaction of soft materials like surfactants and proteins with hard silica nanomaterials.

Microemulsions and gels are well-known systems, which play a major role in colloidal and interfacial science.

This book describes the physics of the second-generation quartz crystal microbalance (QCM), a fundamental method of analysis for soft matter at interfaces.

Although the fission of heavy nuclei was discovered over 75 years ago, many problems and questions still remain to be addressed and answered.

The series Topics in Heterocyclic Chemistry presents critical reviews on present and future trends in the research of heterocyclic compounds.

This set of lectures provides an introduction to the structure, thermodynamics and dynamics of liquids, binary solutions and polymers at a level that will enable graduate students and non-specialist researchers to understand more specialized literature and to possibly start their own work in this field.

The PUILS series delivers up-to-date reviews of progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science, a newly emerging interdisciplinary research field spanning atomic and molecular physics, molecular science and optical science, which has been stimulated by the recent developments in ultrafast laser technologies.

Antoine Simonneau's thesis highlights the development of new cycloisomerization reactions through the activation of alkynes with gold complexes.

This book brings theories in nonlinear dynamics, stochastic processes, irreversible thermodynamics, physical chemistry and biochemistry together in an introductory but formal and comprehensive manner.

The book, the first in a series arising from the research network The Reacting Atmosphere, explains and outlines the aims of this ambitious cross-disciplinary effort.

This book provides a broad description of the development and (computational) application of many-electron approaches from a multidisciplinary perspective.

Amit Agarwal's thesis reports a substantial contribution to the microscopic simulation of radiation chemical reactions.

This book presents a unified view of the physicochemical origin of the mechanical behaviour of gases, simple solids and liquids, suspensions, polymers, emulsions, foams, and granular materials, along with techniques for measuring that behaviour.

This book describes the dynamics of low molecular weight and polymeric molecules when they are constrained under conditions of geometrical confinement.

In this thesis, Bernhard Schmidt describes his research into two fields in the chemical sciences: supramolecular and macromolecular chemistry.

This book defines the current state-of-the-art for predicting the lifetime of plastics exposed to weather and outlines the future research needed to advance this important field of study.

This book introduces the basic concepts of contact mechanics, friction, lubrication, and wear mechanisms, providing simplified analytical relationships that are useful for quantitative assessments.

Li-Co-Mn-Ni oxides have been of extreme interest as potential positive electrode materials for next generation Li-ion batteries.

Microfluidic fuel cells and batteries represent a special type of electrochemical power generators that can be miniaturized and integrated in a microfluidic chip.

This thesis presents an experimental study of the ultrafast molecular dynamics of CO_2^+ that are induced by a strong, near-infrared, femtosecond laser pulse.

The book is devoted to the description of the fundamentals in the area of magnetic resonance.

This book focuses on the exciting topic of nanoscience with liquid crystals: from self-organized nanostructures to applications.

This book is written for scientists involved in the calibration of viscometers.

This thesis explores the dispersion stability, microstructure and phase transitions involved in the nanoclay system.

In this book, a novel optimization method inspired by a paradigm from nature is introduced.

Troy Townsend's thesis explores the structure, energetics and activity of three inorganic nanocrystal photocatalysts.

High Temperature Gas Dynamics is a primer for scientists, engineers, and students who would like to have a basic understanding of the physics and the behavior of high-temperature gases.

This book presents a new system of solar cells.

In this thesis, Xiaoshi Wang investigates the function and mechanism of a newly discovered heme-thiolate peroxygenase, AaeAPO.

In this volume, the authors close the gap between abstract mathematical approaches, such as abstract algebra, number theory, nonlinear functional analysis, partial differential equations, methods of nonlinear and multi-valued analysis, on the one hand, and practical applications in nonlinear mechanics, decision making theory and control theory on the other.

Jonelle Harvey's book outlines two related experimental techniques, threshold photoelectron spectroscopy and threshold photoelectron photoion coincidence techniques, which are utilised to investigate small halogenated molecules.

The fourth edition of this successful textbook presents a comprehensive introduction to statistical and numerical methods for the evaluation of empirical and experimental data.