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Advanced
Series in Physical Chemistry - Vol. 17 ![]()
CONICAL INTERSECTIONS
Theory, Computation and Experiment
edited by Wolfgang Domcke (Technical University of Munich,
Germany), David R Yarkony (Johns Hopkins University,
USA) & Horst Köppe (Heidelberg University, Germany)
750pp (approx.)
978-981-4313-44-5: US$190 / £131 US$133
/ £91.70
The concept of adiabatic electronic potential-energy
surfaces, defined by the Born-Oppenheimer approximation, is fundamental
to our thinking about chemical processes. Recent computational as well
as experimental studies have produced ample evidence that the so-called
conical intersections of electronic energy surfaces, predicted by von
Neumann and Wigner in 1929, are the rule rather than the exception in
polyatomic molecules. It is nowadays increasingly recognized that
conical intersections play a key mechanistic role in chemical reaction
dynamics. This volume provides an up-to-date overview of the
multi-faceted research on the role of conical intersections in
photochemistry and photobiology, including basic theoretical concepts,
novel computational strategies as well as innovative experiments. The
contents and discussions will be of value to advanced students and
researchers in photochemistry, molecular spectroscopy and related
areas.
Contents:
- Fundamental Aspects and Electronic
Structure:
- Multi-State Conical Intersections
- Conical Intersections in Organic
Photochemistry (M Robb)
- Efficient Excited-State Deactivation in
Organic Chromophores and Biologically Relevant Molecules: Role of
Electron and Proton Transfer Processes (A L Sobolewski & W
Domcke)
- Three-State Conical Intersections (S
Matsika)
- Spin-Orbit Vibronic Coupling in Jahn-Teller
Systems (L V Poluyanov & W Domcke)
- Symmetry Analysis of Geometric-Phase
Effects in Quantum Dynamics (S C Althorpe)
- Dynamics at Conical Intersections:
- Conical Intersections in Electron
Photodetachment Spectroscopy: Theory and Applications (M S
Schuurman & D R Yarkony)
- Multi-State Vibronic Dynamics and Multiple
Conical Intersections (S Faraji et al.)
- Conical Intersections Coupled to an
Environment (I Burghardt et al.)
- Ab Initio Multiple-Spawning:
First-Principles Dynamics Around Conical Intersections (S Yang
& T J Martinez)
- Non-Born-Oppenheimer Molecular Dynamics for
Conical Intersections, Avoided Crossings and Weak Interactions (A W
Jasper & D G Truhlar)
- Computational and Methodological Elements
for Nonadiabatic Trajectory Dynamics Simulations of Molecules (M
Barbatti et al.)
- Nonadiabatic Trajectory Calculations with
Ab Initio and Semiempirical Methods (E Fabiano et al.)
- Multistate Nonadiabatic Dynamics "On the
Fly" in Complex Systems and Its Control by Laser Fields (R Mitric
et al.)
- Laser Control of Ultrafast Dynamics at
Conical Intersections (Y Ohtsuki & W Domcke)
- Experimental Detection of Dynamics at
Conical Intersections:
- Exploring Nuclear Motion Through Conical
Intersections in the UV Photodissociation of Azoles, Phenols and
Related Systems (T A A Oliver et al.)
- Interrogation of Nonadiabatic Molecular
Dynamics via Time-Resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy (M S
Schuurman & A Stolow)
- Pump-Probe Spectroscopy of Ultrafast
Vibronic Dynamics in Organic Chromophores (F Renth et al.)
- Femtosecond Pump-Probe Polarization
Spectroscopy of Vibronic Dynamics at Conical Intersections and Funnels (W
K Peters et al.)
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