Molecular Reaction Dynamics

Molecular reaction dynamics is the study of chemical and physical transformations of matter at the molecular level. The understanding of how chemical reactions occur and how to control them is fundamental to chemists and interdisciplinary areas such as materials and nanoscience, rational drug design, environmental and astrochemistry. This book provides a thorough foundation to this area. The first half is introductory, detailing experimental techniques for initiating and probing reaction dynamics and the essential insights that have been gained. The second part explores key areas including photoselective chemistry, stereochemistry, chemical reactions in real time and chemical reaction dynamics in solutions and interfaces. Typical of the new challenges are molecular machines, enzyme action and molecular control. With problem sets included, this book is suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, as well as being supplementary to chemical kinetics, physical chemistry, biophysics and materials science courses, and as a primer for practising scientists.

ISBN 052184276X   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9780521842761 (What's this?)   Pages 568 Publisher Cambridge University Press   Volumes 1 Imprint Cambridge University Press   Weight (grammes) 1420 Format Hardback   Published in Cambridge Publication date 13 Jan 2005   Height (mm) 246 Non-book description 206 line diagrams 3 half-tones 125 exercises   Width (mm) 189 Library of Congress QD461 .L66 2005   Spine width (mm) 40 DEWEY 541.394   Academic level Professional / Scholarly

1		Understanding chemical reactions at the molecular level		1
2		Molecular collisions		30
3		Introduction to reactive molecular collisions		73
4		Scattering as a probe of collision dynamics		109
5		Introduction to polyatomic dynamics		148
6		Structural considerations in the calculation of reaction rates		201
7		Photoselective chemistry : access to the transition state region		264
8		Chemistry in real time		334
9		State-changing collisions : molecular energy transfer		356
10		Stereodynamics		394
11		Dynamics in the condensed phase		427
12		Dynamics of gas-surface interactions and reactions		475

'... an excellent introduction to modern chemical reaction dynamics ... throughout there is a nice balance of experimental and theoretical viewpoints ... this is a book that should be on every chemical dynamicist's bookshelf, and one that I will certainly recommend to my students.' Chemistry World 'Extremely well written, the definitive work in the field, and it provides a wonderful overview of current understanding of how chemical reactions occur, including insights into what still remains to be done. Essential.' CHOICE

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