Overview

This text provides a uniform and consistent approach to diversified problems encountered in the study of dynamical processes in condensed phase molecular systems. Given the broad interdisciplinary aspect of this subject, the book focuses on three themes: coverage of needed background material, in-depth introduction of methodologies, and analysis of several key applications. The uniform approach and common language used in all discussions help to develop general understanding and insight on condensed phases chemical dynamics. The applications discussed are among the most fundamental processes that underlie physical, chemical and biological phenomena in complex systems. The first part of the book starts with a general review of basic mathematical and physical methods (Chapter 1) and a few introductory chapters on quantum dynamics (Chapter 2), interaction of radiation and matter (Chapter 3) and basic properties of solids (chapter 4) and liquids (Chapter 5). In the second part the text embarks on a broad coverage of the main methodological approaches. The central role of classical and quantum time correlation functions is emphasized in Chapter 6. The presentation of dynamical phenomena in complex systems as stochastic processes is discussed in Chapters 7 and 8. The basic theory of quantum relaxation phenomena is developed in Chapter 9, and carried on in Chapter 10 which introduces the density operator, its quantum evolution in Liouville space, and the concept of reduced equation of motions. The methodological part concludes with a discussion of linear response theory in Chapter 11, and of the spin-boson model in chapter 12. The third part of the book applies the methodologies introduced earlier to several fundamental processes that underlie much of the dynamical behaviour of condensed phase molecular systems. Vibrational relaxation and vibrational energy transfer (Chapter 13), Barrier crossing and diffusion controlled reactions (Chapter 14), solvation dynamics (Chapter 15), electron transfer in bulk solvents (Chapter 16) and at electrodes/electrolyte and metal/molecule/metal junctions (Chapter 17), and several processes pertaining to molecular spectroscopy in condensed phases (Chapter 18) are the main subjects discussed in this part.

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Author:   Abraham Nitzan (Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.20cm , Height: 4.50cm , Length: 24.70cm
Weight:   1.348kg
ISBN:  

9780198529798

ISBN 10:   0198529791
Pages:   742
Publication Date:   06 April 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part I: Background 1: Review of some mathematical and physical subjects 2: Quantum Dynamics using the time dependent Schrödinger equation 3: An overview of quantum electrodynamics and matter radiation-field interaction 4: Introduction to solids 5: Introduction to liquids Part II: Methods 6: Time correlation functions 7: Introduction to Stochastic processes 8: Stochastic equations of motion 9: Introduction to quantum relaxation processes 10: The quantum mechanical density operator and its time evolution: Quantum dynamics from the quantum Liouville equation 11: Linear response theory 12: The spin-boson model Part III: Applications 13: Vibrational energy relaxation 14: Chemical reactions in Condensed Phases 15: Solvation dynamics 16: Electron transfer processes 17: Electron transfer and transmission at molecule-metal and molecule-semiconductor interfaces 18: Spectroscopy

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'Beautifully and clearly written, describing mathematics in necessary detail without overloading the reader, and very neatly and consisely explaining physics of the described phenomena.' European Journal of Chemical Physics and Physical Chemistry, August 2007 This is an excellent book which is intended to be a text for a graduate course in condensed matter chemistry and physics. It is extremely well written from the pedagogic and literary points of view. I particularly enjoyed the extremely pertinent quotations from Lucretius at the begining of each chapter. Journal of Statistical Physics, Vol. 126, No. 6, March 2007, Irwin Oppenheim, Massachusett Institute of Technology, USA

'Beautifully and clearly written, describing mathematics in necessary detail without overloading the reader, and very neatly and consisely explaining physics of the described phenomena.' European Journal of Chemical Physics and Physical Chemistry, August 2007 `... an exceptionally timely book with a broad readership at the graduate level.' Gregory Voth, University of Utah, Salt Lake City `... excellent without any doubt.' Peter Rossky, University of Texas, Austin `an excellent book...extremely well written' Journal of Statistical Physics

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