Chemical Physics

Quantum Theory Introduction Electromagnetic Radiation Electrons Time-Independent Schrodinger Equation Mathematical Background Variation Principle: Linear Expansion Spin Many-Electron Theory Atoms Atomic Units Hydrogen Atom Equation of Motion for Single Electrons Correlation and Multiplet Theory Atoms in Chemistry Molecules Introduction Chemical Bonding Polyatomic Molecules Hueckel Model for Aromatic Hydrocarbons Excited States Nuclear Motion Introduction Separation of Electronic and Nuclear Coordinates Classical Molecular Dynamics Quantization of Vibrations Vibrational Spectra Vibrations in Electronic Spectra PES Crossing Statistical Mechanics Introduction Partition Function and Thermodynamic Properties Internal Energy and Heat Capacity in Gas Phase Chemical Reactions Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics Using Ensembles Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics Ions in Crystals and in Solution Introduction Ions in Aqueous Solution Crystals Crystal Field Theory for Transition Metal Ions Ligand Field Theory Time-dependent Quantum Mechanics Introduction Wave Equation Time Dependence as a Perturbation Chemical Kinetics Introduction Rate of Chemical Reactions Integrated Rate Equations Consecutive Reactions Proton Transfer Introduction Hydrogen Bonding Proton Transfer Electron Transfer Reactions Introduction Homogeneous ET Reactions Electrochemistry Marcus Parabolic Model for ET Rate of ET Reactions Electronic Coupling Disproportionation Quantized Nuclear Motion Biological Electron Transfer Introduction The Living System Electron Carriers and Other Functional Groups Biological Electron Transfer Photophysics and Photochemistry Introduction Photophysics Molecular Photophysics Rate Measurements Photochemistry: Mechanisms Photoinduced Electron Transfer Introduction Charge Transfer Transition in Spectra Polarization Energy Intermolecular and Intramolecular PIET Molecular Photovoltaics Excitation Energy Transfer Introduction Excited States of Bichromophores Transition Moments Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Photosynthesis Introduction Molecules of Photosynthesis Antenna Systems Bacterial Reaction Centers Green Plant Photosynthesis Metals and Semiconductors Introduction Free Electron Models and Conductivity Tight-Binding Model Localization--Delocalization Semiconductors Phonons Conductivity by Electron Pairs Introduction Superconductivity Coupling and Correlation in Electron Pair Transfer MV-3 Systems in the State Overlap Region Pair Conductivity in the Ground State Conductivity in Organic Systems Introduction Organic Semiconductors Stacked, Conducting I Systems Conducting Polymers Electronic Structure of One-Dimensional Crystals Bibliography Appendix Index