Physical chemistry

This book provides an in-depth understanding of the nature of surface states and, in particular, their relevance to the physics and chemistry of metallic surfaces.

Practical applications of the cuprates depend heavily on the coherence of their superconducting state.

This book highlights the latest experimental and theoretical developments in the field of femtochemistry, with papers describing the physics and chemistry of ultrafast processes in small molecules, complex molecular systems, clusters, biological systems, solids, matrices, liquids and at surfaces and interfaces.

This book of proceedings contains contributions of about 30 prominent scientists who were or are associated with the awardee, Prof J B Natowitz, and are working in the field of heavy-ion reactions.

The Second International Conference on Fission and Properties of Neutron-Rich Nuclei continued the emphasis on fission models, fission processes, properties of neutron-rich nuclei and new directions.

Dissociative recombination is a complex molecular process that occurs in any plasma cold enough to contain molecular constituents.

Technologies for hazardous waste destruction (including nuclear, hospital and chemical waste) based on thermal plasma processes: state of the art and perspectives.

This volume presents recent progress and perspectives in multi-photon processes and spectroscopy of atoms, ions, molecules and solids.

This volume concentrates on the controversy within the scientific community over how to explain, understand and describe the photophysics/photochemistry of this class of materials.

This first volume of this two-volume set deals with the important recent discovery of the photomagneton of electromagnetic radiation, a discovery which is fundamental in quantum field theory and in quantum mechanics in matter.

True deterministic chaos is characterized by unpredictable, apparently random motion in a dynamical system completely described by a deterministic dynamic law, usually a nonlinear differential equation, with no stochastic component.

This book is about the underlying principles of symmetry, thermodynamics and electronic structure that pertain to crystalline solids.

This is the first book covering an interdisciplinary field between microwave spectroscopy of electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) or electron spin resonance (ESR) and chronology science, radiation dosimetry and ESR (EPR) imaging in material sciences.

In view of the rapid growth in both experimental and theoretical studies of multiphoton processes and multiphoton spectroscopy of atoms, ions and molecules in many interdisciplinary fields, an Advanced Series that contains review papers readable not only to active researchers in these areas but also to those who are not experts in the field but intend to enter the field is very necessary.

This book presents the basic theory and application of the Monte Carlo method to the electronic structure of atoms and molecules.

The molecular basis of surface chemical reactivity forms the central theme of this book.

This monograph reviews the recent progress in vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) photoionization and photodissociation processes.

The book is concerned with the application of physical techniques to the study of the structure and interactions of biopolymers.

This book originates from lectures given at Shandong University and Nanjing University and the special topics course offered at Arizona State University.

This review volume takes an indepth look at the current research done in this important area of solid state science.

This review volume contains the most up-to-date articles on the chemical aspects of high temperature oxide superconductors.

In view of the rapid growth in both experimental and theoretical studies of multiphoton processes and multiphoton spectroscopy of atoms, ions, and molecules in chemistry, physics, biology and material sciences, this series contains review papers exploring the growth.

Over the past 25 years, there have been many advances in the understanding of magnetic phenomena in molecular systems.

Modern Electronic Structure Theory provides a didactically oriented description of the latest computational techniques in electronic structure theory and their impact in several areas of chemistry.

Modern Electronic Structure Theory provides a didactically oriented description of the latest computational techniques in electronic structure theory and their impact in several areas of chemistry.

Beltrami fields exist commonly in all areas of wave theory.

A concise account of coordination chemistry since its inception is given here together with some of the newer significant facets.

In the course of his distinguished career of over 55 years, Kenneth S Pitzer published over 360 scientific papers.

This book is a collection of selected papers on the Frontier Orbital Theory by Nobel prizewinner Kenichi Fukui (Chemistry 1981), with introductory notes.

Charge Sensitivity Analysis (CSA) represents a linear response treatment of molecular systems, based upon the chemical potential and hardness/softness concepts established within density functional theory (DFT).

This book emphasises those features in solution chemistry which are difficult to measure, but essential for the understanding of both the qualitative and the quantitative aspects.

The main purpose of this book is to provide an overview of all phenomena which can be categorized under the general label of "e;electron scattering"e;, and to give a comprehensive description of all spectroscopical techniques related to electron scattering phenomena.

Of all the different areas in computational chemistry, density functional theory (DFT) enjoys the most rapid development.

Modern Semiconductor Quantum Physics has the following constituents: (1) energy band theory: pseudopotential method (empirical and ab initio); density functional theory; quasi-particles; LCAO method; k.

The book reviews the results of vibration-rotational spectroscopy of molecules obtained recently by combining modern computational methods of quantum chemistry with the new techniques of high-resolution rotational and vibration-rotational spectroscopy.

Using lasers to induce and probe surface processes has the advantages of quantum state specificity, species selectivity, surface sensitivity, fast time-resolution, high frequency resolution, and accessibility to full pressure ranges.

Using lasers to induce and probe surface processes has the advantages of quantum state specificity, species selectivity, surface sensitivity, fast time-resolution, high frequency resolution, and accessibility to full pressure ranges.

Since the first stimulated emission pumping (SEP) experiments more than a decade ago, this technique has proven powerful for studying vibrationally excited molecules.

These two volumes on Femtochemistry present a timely contribution to a field central to the understanding of the dynamics of the chemical bond.

These two volumes on Femtochemistry present a timely contribution to a field central to the understanding of the dynamics of the chemical bond.

This book highlights recent progress in the chemistry of radicals.

This book highlights recent progress in the chemistry of radicals.

Solid State Chemistry today is a frontier area of mainstream chemistry, and plays a vital role in the development of materials.

In this book, various antennae in plasmas, particle beam antennae, phase, group and ray velocity surfaces of various plasma modes, RF ray trajectories and wave fronts in inhomogeneous anisotropic plasmas, plasma waveguides, radiations in ion beams and plasma streams, and useful kinetic plasma dielectric tensor are illustrated with many interesting new phenomena in anisotropic plasmas.

This is a handbook of calculated electronic properties of elements and of 3d/3d and 4d/4d ordered alloys.

The subject of surface physics has now grown to become an exciting interdisciplinary field of research with important practical applications.

Although coordination chemistry naturally centers on the synthesis of coordination compounds, the synthesis of these materials is typically not an end in itself.

The topics covered in this book provide a qualitative and sometimes quantitative classic description of the wide-band 0-THz dielectric spectra of polar liquids, molecular libration-rotation (which is the reason for dielectric loss and absorption of electromagnetic waves), simple molecular models differing by the intermolecular-potential profiles, and present a comparison between the theoretical and experimental dependencies and derivation of the main results.