Chemical Reactions in Clusters [Hardcover]

This book covers important new developments of the last five years in the area of cluster chemistry, presenting an excellent view of the successes and shortcomings of both current state-of-the-art theory and experiment. Each chapter, contributed by a leading expert, places heavy emphasis on theory without which the detailed analysis of the spectroscopic and kinetic results would be compromised. The cluster reactions reviewed in this work include electron and proton transfer reactions, hot atom reactions, vibrational predissociation, radical reactions, and ionic reactions. Some of the theories applied throughout the text are product state distribution determinations, state-to-state dynamical information, and access to the transition stage of the reaction. The discussions serve as a benchmark of how far the field has come since the mid 1980's and will be a good update for students and researchers interested in this area of physical chemistry.

1. Theoretical Approaches to the Reaction Dynamics of Clusters,A. Gonzalez-Lafony and D.G. Trublar
2. Weakly Bound Molecular Complexes as Model Systems for Understanding Chemical Reactions,R.E. Miller
3. Dynamics of Ground-State Biomolecular Reactions,C.Wittig and A.H. Zewail
4. Photochemistry of van der Waals Complexes and Small Clusters,C. Jouvet and D. Solgadi
5. Intermolecular Dynamics and Biomolecular Reactions,E.R. Bernstein
6. Reaction Dynamics in Femtosecond and Microsecond Time Windows: Ammonia Clusters as Paradigm,A.W. Castleman and S. Wei
7. Magic Numbers. Reactivity, and Ionization Mechanism in ArnXm Heteroclusters,J.F. Garvey and G. Vaidyanathan