Quantum Dynamics: Applications in Biological and Materials Systems

ISBN-13: 9781420080537 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 336 str.

Eric R. Bittner

Opis

Even though time-dependent spectroscopic techniques continue to push the frontier of chemical physics, they receive scant mention in introductory courses as they are poorly covered in standard texts. This text bridges the gap between what is traditionally taught in a one-semester quantum chemistry course and the modern field of chemical dynamics. It provides needed background in quantum mechanics and then discusses theory and a number of applications that are of current interest, from molecular electronics to photosynthesis. Written in a pedagogic style, it details needed computational components and sample calculations using Mathematica(R).

Spis treści

Survey of Classical Mechanics. Waves and Wave Functions. Semiclassical Quantum Mechanics. Quantum Dynamics (and Other Un-American Activities). Representations and Dynamics. Quantum Density Matrix. Excitation Energy Transfer. Electronic Structure of Conjugated Systems. Electron-Phonon Coupling in Conjugated Systems. Lattice Models for Transport and Structure. Appendix. References. Index.

O autorze

Eric Bittner is currently John and Rebecca Moores Distinguished Professor of chemical physics at the University of Houston. He received his PhD from the University of Chicago in 1994 and was a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin and Stanford University before moving to the University of Houston in 1997. His accolades include an NSF Career Award and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He has also held visiting appointments at the University of Cambridge, the École Normale Supérieure–Paris, and at Los Alamos National Lab. His research is in the area of quantum dynamics as applied to organic polymer semiconductors, object linking and embedding directory services (OLEDS), solar cells, and energy transport in biological systems.