Pathways to Modern Chemical Physics

Pathways to Modern Chemical Physics
Author: Salvatore Califano
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2012-05-26
Genre: Science
ISBN: 364228180X

In this historical volume Salvatore Califano traces the developments of ideas and theories in physical and theoretical chemistry throughout the 20th century. This seldom-told narrative provides details of topics from thermodynamics to atomic structure, radioactivity and quantum chemistry. Califano’s expertise as a physical chemist allows him to judge the historical developments from the point of view of modern chemistry. This detailed and unique historical narrative is fascinating for chemists working in the fields of physical chemistry and is also a useful resource for science historians who will enjoy access to material not previously dealt with in a coherent way.

The Chemical Physics of Ice

The Chemical Physics of Ice
Author: N. H. Fletcher
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1970-02
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0521075971

Originally published in 1970, this book gives a comprehensive account of the properties of ice, the connections between them and the way in which they derive from the structure of the water molecule and the small mass of the proton. The properties are discussed in terms of quantum mechanics and solid state theory with emphasis on physical principles rather than on theoretical models. The book is intended as an exemplification of the principles of chemical physics for beginning graduate students in physics of physical chemistry and as a text and reference book on the properties of ice for research workers in glaciology, cloud physics, meteorology and associated fields. Although the author assumes a familiarity with fundamental physics, he has taken some trouble to make his account self-contained by reference to the underlying principles in every case or by more detailed discussion where the application is not a standard one.

Chemical Physics and Quantum Chemistry

Chemical Physics and Quantum Chemistry
Author:
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2020-09-18
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0128197587

Advances in Quantum Chemistry presents surveys of current topics in this rapidly developing field one that has emerged at the cross section of the historically established areas of mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology. It features detailed reviews written by leading international researchers. In this volume the readers are presented with an exciting combination of themes. - Presents surveys of current topics in this rapidly-developing field that has emerged at the cross section of the historically established areas of mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology - Features detailed reviews written by leading international researchers - Topics include: New advances in Quantum Chemical Physics; Original theory and a contemporary overview of the field of Theoretical Chemical Physics; State-of-the-Art calculations in Theoretical Chemistry

Conical Intersections

Conical Intersections
Author: Wolfgang Domcke
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 857
Release: 2004
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9812386726

This invaluable book presents a systematic exposition of the current state of knowledge about conical intersections, which has been elaborated in research papers scattered throughout the chemical physics literature.

Computer Simulation in Chemical Physics

Computer Simulation in Chemical Physics
Author: M.P. Allen
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 522
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9401116792

Computer Simulation in Chemical Physics contains the proceedings of a NATO Advanced Study Institute held at CORISA, Alghero, Sardinia, in September 1992. In the five years that have elapsed since the field was last summarized there have been a number of remarkable advances which have significantly expanded the scope of the methods. Good examples are the Car--Parrinello method, which allows the study of materials with itinerant electrons; the Gibbs technique for the direct simulation of liquid--vapor phase equilibria; the transfer of scaling concepts from simulations of spin models to more complex systems; and the development of the configurational--biased Monte-Carlo methods for studying dense polymers. The field has also been stimulated by an enormous increase in available computing power and the provision of new software. All these exciting developments, an more, are discussed in an accessible way here, making the book indispensable reading for graduate students and research scientists in both academic and industrial settings.

Group Theory with Applications in Chemical Physics

Group Theory with Applications in Chemical Physics
Author: Patrick W. M. Jacobs
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 520
Release: 2005-10-18
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780521642507

This book provides a rigorous account on the fundamentals and applications of Group Theory to chemical physics.

Chemical Physics

Chemical Physics
Author: Sven Larsson
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 529
Release: 2012-02-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1439822522

A full understanding of modern chemistry is impossible without quantum theory. Since the advent of quantum mechanics in 1925, a number of chemical phenomena have been explained, such as electron transfer, excitation energy transfer, and other phenomena in photochemistry and photo-physics. Chemical bonds can now be accurately calculated with the hel

Fundamental Aspects of Plasma Chemical Physics

Fundamental Aspects of Plasma Chemical Physics
Author: Mario Capitelli
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2015-11-26
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1441981853

Describing non-equilibrium "cold" plasmas through a chemical physics approach, this book uses the state-to-state plasma kinetics, which considers each internal state as a new species with its own cross sections. Extended atomic and molecular master equations are coupled with Boltzmann and Monte Carlo methods to solve the electron energy distribution function. Selected examples in different applied fields, such as microelectronics, fusion, and aerospace, are presented and discussed including the self-consistent kinetics in RF parallel plate reactors, the optimization of negative ion sources and the expansion of high enthalpy flows through nozzles of different geometries. The book will cover the main aspects of the state-to-state kinetic approach for the description of nonequilibrium cold plasmas, illustrating the more recent achievements in the development of kinetic models including the self-consistent coupling of master equations and Boltzmann equation for electron dynamics. To give a complete portrayal, the book will assess fundamental concepts and theoretical formulations, based on a unified methodological approach, and explore the insight in related scientific problems still opened for the research community.