Advances in Chemical Physics, Volume 103,

by Editor: I. Prigogine (Center for Studies in Statistical Mechanics and Complex Systems, The Univ. of Texas, Austin, and International Solvay Institutes, Univ. Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium ); Editor: Stuart A. Rice (The James Franck Institut

• ISBN13: 9780470142158
• ISBN10: 0470142154
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2009-09-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience

Summary

Reviews of previous volumes "...continues the tradition of this series on high-quality authoritative chapters in a wide-range of chemical physics topics." Journal of the American Chemical Society. The newest volume in the prestigious Advances in Chemical Physics Series, edited by Nobel Prize winner, Ilya Prigogine and renowned authority Stuart A. Rice, provides general information about a wide variety of topics in chemical physics. Experts present comprehensive analyses of subjects of interest, and encourage the expression of individual points of view. This approach to presenting an overview of a subject will both stimulate new research and serve as a personalized learning text for beginners in the field.

Table of Contents

The Infrared Spectral Density of Weak Hydrogen Bonds Within the Linear Response Theory

An Effective Hamiltonian to Treat Adiabatic and Nonadiabatic Effects in the Rotational and Vibrational Spectra of Diatomic Molecules

The Role of the Stokes Phenomenon in Nonadiabatic Transitions

Finite Integral Representation of Characteristic Times of Orientational Relaxation Processes: Application to the Uniform Bias Force Effect in Relaxation in Bistable Potentials

Lattice Cluster Theory of Multicomponent Polymer Systems: Chain Semiflexibility and Specific Interactions

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