Quantum Chemistry &Spectroscopy

by Engel, Thomas

• ISBN13: 9780321615046
• ISBN10: 0321615042
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-04-17
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

This full-color, modern physical chemistry reference offers compelling applications and arresting illustrations that capture readers'attention and demonstrate the dynamic nature of the subject. The authors focus on core topics of physical chemistry, presented within a modern framework of applications. Modern applications are drawn from biology, environmental science, and material science. Spectroscopy applications are introduced early in concert with theory; for example, IR and rotational spectroscopy are discussed immediately after the harmonic oscillator and the rigid rotar. Modern research is featured throughout, along with new developments in the field such as scanning tunneling microscopy, bandgap engineering, quantum wells, teleportation, and quantum computing. Fundamental Concepts of Thermodynamics; Heat, Work, Internal Energy, Enthalpy, and the First Law of Thermodynamics; The Importance of State Functions: Internal Energy and Enthalpy; Thermochemistry; Entropy and the Second and Third Laws of Thermodynamics; Chemical Equilibrium; The Properties of Real Gases; Phase Diagrams and the Relative Stability of Solids, Liquids, and Gases; Ideal and Real Solutions; Electrolyte Solutions; Electrochemical Cells, Batteries, and Fuel Cells; Probability; The Boltzmann Distribution; Ensemble and Molecular Partition Functions; Kinetic Theory of Gases; Transport Phenomena; Elementary Chemical Kinetics; Complex Reaction Mechanisms. A useful reference for chemistry professionals.

Author Biography

Thomas Engel has taught chemistry for more than 20 years at the University of Washington, where he is currently Professor of Chemistry and Associate Chair for the Undergraduate Program. Professor Engel received his bachelor's and master's degrees in chemistry from the Johns Hopkins University, and his Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Chicago. He then spent 11 years as a researcher in Germany and Switzerland, in which time he received the Dr. rer. nat. habil. degree from the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich. In 1980, he left the IBM research laboratory in Zurich to become a faculty member at the University of Washington.
 
Professor Engel's research interests are in the area of surface chemistry, and he has published more than 80 articles and book chapters in this field. He has received the Surface Chemistry or Colloids Award from the American Chemical Society and a Senior Humboldt Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, which has allowed him to establish collaborations with researchers in Germany. He is currently working together with European manufacturers of catalytic converters to improve their performance for diesel engines.

Philip Reid has taught chemistry at the University of Washington since he joined the chemistry faculty in 1995. Professor Reid received his bachelor's degree from the University of Puget Sound in 1986, and his Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of California at Berkeley in 1992. He performed postdoctoral research at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, campus before moving to Washington.
 
Professor Reid's research interests are in the areas of atmosphere chemistry, condensed-phase reaction dynamics, and nonlinear optical materials. He has published more than 70 articles in these fields. Professor Reid is the recipient of a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation, is a Cottrell Scholar of the Research Corporation, and is a Sloan fellow.

Table of Contents

From Classical to Quantum Mechanics

Why Study Quantum Mechanics?

Quantum Mechanics Arose Out of the Interplay of Experiments and Theory

Blackbody Radiation

The Photoelectric Effect

Particles Exhibit Wave-Like Behavior

Diffraction by a Double Slit

Atomic Spectra and the Bohr Model for the Hydrogen Atom

The Schrodinger Equation

What Determines If a System Needs to Be Described Using Quantum Mechanics?

Classical Waves and the Nondispersive Wave Equation

Waves Are Conveniently Represented as Complex Functions

Quantum Mechanical Waves and the Schrodinger Equation

Solving the Schrodinger Equation: Operators, Observables, Eigenfunctions, and Eigenvalues

The Eigenfunctions of a Quantum Mechanical Operator Are Orthogonal

The Eigenfunctions of a Quantum Mechanical Operator Form a Complete Set

Summing Up the New Concepts

The Quantum Mechanical Postulates

The Physical Meaning Associated with the Wave Function

Every Observable Has a Corresponding Operator

The Result of an Individual Measurement

The Expectation Value

The Evolution in Time of a Quantum Mechanical System

Using Quantum Mechanics on Simple Systems

The Free Particle

The Particle in a One-Dimensional Box

Two- and Three-Dimensional Boxes

Using the Postulates to Understand the Particle in the Box and Vice Versa

The Particle in the Box and the Real World

The Particle in the Finite Depth Box

Differences in Overlap between Core and Valence Electrons

Pi Electrons in Conjugated Molecules Can Be Treated as Moving Freely in a Box

Why Does Sodium Conduct Electricity and Why Is Diamond an Insulator?

Tunneling through a Barrier

The Scanning Tunneling Microscope

Tunneling in Chemical Reactions 5.8

(Supplemental) Quantum Wells and Quantum Dots

Commuting and Noncommuting Operators and the Surprising Consequences of Entanglement

Commutation Relations

The Stern-Gerlach Experiment

The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle

(Supplemental) The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle Expressed in Terms of Standard Deviations

(Supplemental) A Thought Experiment Using a Particle in a Three-Dimensional Box

(Supplemental) Entangled States, Teleportation, and Quantum Computers

A Quantum Mechanical Model for the Vibration and Rotation of Molecules

Solving the Schrodinger Equation for the Quantum Mechanical Harmonic Oscillator

Solving the Schrodinger Equation for Rotation in Two Dimensions

Solving the Schrodinger Equation for Rotation in Three Dimensions

The Quantization of Angular Momentum

The Spherical Harmonic Functions

(Optional Review) The Classical Harmonic Oscillator

(Optional Review) Angular Motion and the Classical Rigid Rotor

(Supplemental) Spatial Quantization

The Vibrational and Rotational Spectroscopy of Diatomic Molecu

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