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This text provides a uniform and consistent approach to diversified problems encountered in the study of dynamical processes in condensed phase molecular systems. Given the broad interdisciplinary aspect of this subject, the book focuses on three themes: coverage of needed background material, in-depth introduction of methodologies, and analysis of several key applications. The uniform approach and common language used in all discussions help to develop general understanding and insight on condensed phases chemical dynamics. The applications discussed are among the most fundamental processes that underlie physical, chemical and biological phenomena in complex systems. The first part of the book starts with a general review of basic mathematical and physical methods (Chapter 1) and a few introductory chapters on quantum dynamics (Chapter 2), interaction of radiation and matter (Chapter 3) and basic properties of solids (chapter 4) and liquids (Chapter 5). In the second part the text embarks on a broad coverage of the main methodological approaches. The central role of classical and quantum time correlation functions is emphasized in Chapter 6. The presentation of dynamical phenomena in complex systems as stochastic processes is discussed in Chapters 7 and 8. The basic theory of quantum relaxation phenomena is developed in Chapter 9, and carried on in Chapter 10 which introduces the density operator, its quantum evolution in Liouville space, and the concept of reduced equation of motions. The methodological part concludes with a discussion of linear response theory in Chapter 11, and of the spin-boson model in chapter 12. The third part of the book applies the methodologies introduced earlier to several fundamental processes that underlie much of the dynamical behaviour of condensed phase molecular systems. Vibrational relaxation and vibrational energy transfer (Chapter 13), Barrier crossing and diffusion controlled reactions (Chapter 14), solvation dynamics (Chapter 15), electron transfer in bulk solvents (Chapter 16) and at electrodes/electrolyte and metal/molecule/metal junctions (Chapter 17), and several processes pertaining to molecular spectroscopy in condensed phases (Chapter 18) are the main subjects discussed in this part.
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Excellent for beginners.......2006-10-07
I am a Grad starting some reaserch in ET field. This book saved me a lot from struggling to understanding basic conceptions, assumptions, models, and theories. It is written so decently and much easier to be understood compared with those original papers.
A tour de force!.......2006-08-30
When I was asked by JACS to write a review of this book, I expected a good concise overview of Prof. Nitzan's many contributions to the field of quantum chemical dynamics. When I received a >700 page text I knew I had my work as a reviewer cut out for me. This book is a milestone in the field. It lays out the foundations of quantum condensed phase dynamics: quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics, liquid theory, condensed matter theory, stochastic processes, and spectroscopy, and then builds upon these to present a clear and precise picture of how chemical physicists
and physical chemists view chemical reactions. Most of the results and ideas are from the recent literature--many from Prof. Nitzan's own work over the past 30 odd years. What I really like is the crystal clear pedagogy and development of the topics presented. I am sure that this will be one of the first books I'll turn in doing my own research.
This is really a very specialized book aimed at researchers and graduate students in physical chemistry and chemical physics. However, I think that the presentation is general enough that it will have broader appeal to other areas of physics.
While aimed a a theoretical audience, this will have appeal for experimental researchers. I highly recommend this as a text for an advanced graduate course or as a convenient reference text for researchers in all areas of chemical dynamics.
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Here, the modeling of dynamic biological engineering processes is presented in a highly understandable way using a unique combination of simplified fundamental theory and direct hands-on computer simulation. Throughout, the mathematics is kept to a minimum, yet the 60 simulation examples supplied on a CD-ROM with this second edition illustrate almost every aspect of biological engineering science. Many of the examples are taken from the authors' own research, and each is described in detail, including the model equations. The programs are written in the modern user-friendly simulation language Berkeley Madonna, which runs on both Windows PC and Power-Macintosh computers.
Madonna solves models comprising many ordinary differential equations using very simple programming, yet is so powerful that the model parameters may be defined as "sliders", which allow the effect of their change on the model behavior to be seen almost immediately. Users may include data for curve fitting, and perform sensitivity or multiple runs. The results can be seen simultaneously on multiple-graph windows or by using overlays - resulting in a tremendous learning effect.
The authors' extensive experience, both in university teaching and international courses, is reflected in this well-balanced presentation, which is suitable for teachers, students, biochemists and engineers. The result is a greater understanding of the formulation and use of mass balances and kinetics for biological reaction engineering, written in a most stimulating manner.
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This text teaches the principles underlying modern chemical kinetics in a clear, direct fashion, using several examples to enhance basic understanding. It features solutions to selected problems, with separate sections and appendices that cover more technical applications. 2001 edition.
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Yummy.......2005-12-17
Chemical kinetics and reaction dynamics are not easy subjects, demanding quite a lot of physics in some complicated settings. Thus, it is all the more impressive that Paul Houston has managed to write this extraordinarily clear and concise text that is accessible to an advanced undergraduate.
Do not get me wrong; the prerequisites for this book are extensive. A good grasp of basic newtonian mechanics, quantum mechanics, spectroscopy, and statistical thermodynamics are musts. But nothing is needed beyond what can be expected from a good, stiff one-year course in physical chemistry.
From the first chapter on the kinetic theory of gases, Houston's focus on the physics - on keeping derivations short and clear, on connecting formulae with sound physical intuition - is striking. It does not lag as the book goes on. Houston continues with a clean exposition of empirical chemical kinetics and how to integrate and/or simplify the resulting differential equations. The grungy business of theoretical kinetics - how to kludge your way to a theoretical gas-phase reaction rate constant - is well treated after that. In the third chapter, Houston delivers an elegant and unified flux-driven treatment of transport phenomena. He gets the basic equations correct up to a numerical factor with a minimum of effort. This is beautiful; I wish chemical engineers would read this before beginning their own transport travails! There are then several chapters on the chemistry of more complicated systems, like solution-phase, solid surface-phase, and photochemical reactions. While I haven't read these, I am sure they are wonderful. The high point, in my opinion, is the final chapter on reaction dynamics. Its ongoing tacit motivation is the question, "How does a hydrogen fluoride laser work?" Read, and you will learn. In doing so, you will also become acquainted with the basic concepts in gas-phase reaction dynamics: the details of the crossed-beam molecular scattering experiment, the concept of a potential energy surface, and what these can tell us about reaction mechanisms. Throughout Houston, the emphasis on looking up from the math and seeing the physical big picture prevents the blind and frustrating equation-crunching which is all too common in the quantitative sciences.
This little book is really amazing. It takes you from a good undergraduate background to the forefront of modern chemical physics research with minimal pain and maximal excitement. Read it.
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Describing chemical and physical transformations of matter at the molecular level, this book comprehensively considers fundamental theory and experimental techniques. It also covers such new topics as real-time analysis and reactions in solutions and interfaces. The addition of problem sets makes the book suitable to those studying chemical reaction dynamics, as well as a supplementary text to physical chemistry and natural science courses.
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Molecular Reaction Dynamics is a brand new version of the classic text by Levine and Bernstein. The book delivers a much-needed, updated treatment of this fundamental topic. An appreciation of how chemical reactions occur and their control is essential to chemists and interdisciplinary fields such as materials and nanoscience, drug design and astrochemistry. The first half of the book describes experimental techniques for initiating and probing reaction dynamics and the essential insights gained. The second part explores key areas including photoselective chemistry, stereochemistry, chemical reactions in real time and chemical reaction dynamics in solutions and interfaces. Typical of the new challenges are molecular machines, enzyme action and molecular control. With problem sets included, this book is aimed at advanced undergraduate and graduate students studying chemical reaction dynamics, as well as physical chemistry, biophysics and materials science.
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Fantastic.......2007-09-22
Excellent text in molecular reaction dynamics. Ideal for courses in reaction kinetics, catalysis, chemical kinetics, and other chemistry or engineering courses. Ideal with upper level undergraduate or graduate student wich some background in kinetics. A very complete source with a wide range of topics discussed. Highly recommended.
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Presents a balanced presentation of the macroscopic view of empirical kinetics and the microscopic molecular viewpoint of chemical dynamics.
Stressing interconnections between phenomenological chemical kinetics and molecular reaction dynamics, the book discusses reactions in gas phase, liquids, and at surfaces; molecular potential surfaces; gas-gas and gas-surface theories applied to reactive collisions. It features applications to atmospheric chemistry, combustion, and chemical lasers as well as multiple methods for solving kinetic equations. It also addresses topics not found in other books: Information theory, Stochastic simulation, and Sensitivity analysis. The second edition of Chemical Kinetics and Dynamics has been revised to include the latest information as well as new topics, such as heterogeneous reactions in atmospheric chemistry, reactant product imaging, and molecular dynamics of H + H2. It provides an experimental observation of the transition state ("Femtochemistry"); new treatment of stratospheric chemistry, including heterogeneous processes, balance among catalytic cycles, environmental consequences, and policy implications as well as current database information on NIST kinetics as well as JPL evaluations.
A valuable resource on kinetics for professional atmospheric kineticists and chemical engineers.
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Too many typos.......2006-04-03
The content is there but the incredible number of typos in this book often makes it hard to follow the math. The language used in the problem sets are not clear so at times it is hard to decipher what is being asked. There are also many typos in the questions, which makes solving the problems difficult and lowers the usefulness of the problems in helping to learn the material. However, with the help of some reference materials (especially in the Laplace transform section), this book can provide a good basic understanding of chemical kinetics.
Excellent.......2002-02-03
This is an excellent book if you know the basis of chemical kinetics. I recommended it especially for university students in
this matter.
An excellent advanced text, but lacking in explanation.......1999-03-20
Steinfeld's book is an excellent text for those who have a thorough background in Chemical Kinetics and Dynamics. However, for the introductory graduate level kinetics course or advanced undergraduate kinetics course, I would not recommend this text. Steinfeld does not illustrate any of the concepts with actual data or explanatory problems. Furthermore, the problems at the end of the chapter have very little to do with the material they are supposed to cover. Finally, there are many mistakes in this edition. They are mostly typos, but they add a lot of confusion to the material
I would recommend this book only to people who have a very complete background in kinetics and dynamics as a nice reference book.
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Understanding the factors which determine the rates and products of elementary reactions is of fundamental importance to chemists. This book provides a concise account of the dynamics and kinetics of elementary reactions in the gas phase, and is structured to emphasise the relationship between thermal rate coefficients and the microscopic mechanisms of chemical reactions. The theoretical framework necessary to predict the dynamics and kinetics of elementary reactions is introduced, and is illustrated by reference to numerous theoretical and experimental studies. Extensive references to other undergraduate texts are also provided and diagrammatic examples are provided throughout, making this an essential course aid for second, third and fourth year undergraduate students of chemistry. First year postgraduate students and academics in physical chemistry departments will also find this book interesting.
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great introduction or review of the subject.......2006-03-18
This book was recommended to me by the post-doc supervising my summer research internship as an introduction to the research area of the project I would be working on. As a student with a strong background in physics and chemistry but absolutely no background in reaction dynamics, I found this book to be a great introduction to the subject.
I admit that the book does NOT go into great detail on much of what it covers; for that, you'd need a full textbook on reaction dynamics, not an 80-page summary of the subject. I did find that I had to go through this book very slowly, working through many of the details of the math & derivations myself, since Brouard doesn't have space to present them in this book; however, I think that this can be an advantage for motivated readers as doing your own derivations is a very good test of how well you understand/can work with the subject. On the whole, though, this book provided me with a thorough outline of & introduction to the concepts and the mathematics behind the project I was working on, and I'm finding (now that I'm taking an actual class dealing with some of this material) that the understanding I gained from Brouard's book is serving as a very good foundation for the details I'm learning now.
In short: Brouard won't give you all the nitty-gritty details of derivations and such, but if you're looking for a quick introduction to the concepts and major mathematical results in reaction dynamics, this book is a very good place to start.
(as a side note - If you're looking for a real textbook on reaction dynamics, you might check out Levine's "Molecular Reaction Dynamics" - I haven't used this book extensively, but I did find it to be reasonably helpful as a more comprehensive reference during the summer.)
Good Introduction.......1999-12-15
This book gives a good experimental and theoretical introduction to reaction dynamics. And its cheap too.
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Thermodynamics of Biochemical Reactions emphasizes the fundamental equations of thermodynamics and the application of these equations to systems of biochemical reactions. This emphasis leads to new thermodynamic potentials that provide criteria for spontaneous change and equilibrium under the conditions in a living cell.
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Thermodynamics of Biochemical Reactions emphasizes the fundamental equations of thermodynamics and the application of these equations to systems of biochemical reactions. This emphasis leads to new thermodynamic potentials that provide criteria for spontaneous change and equilibrium under the conditions in a living cell.
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Biochemical Thermodynamics--- Clear at Last.......2003-05-27
While some molecular life scientists may regard biochemical thermodynamics as an esoteric field, and while this book may find its way onto more university library shelves than personal bookshelves, an inescapable fact is that the systematic application of thermodynamic principles is a cornerstone of research in the molecular life sciences. Dr. Alberty's new book provides a lucid and valuable account of biochemical thermodynamics, a field that he has personally advanced through the publication of dozens of peer-reviewed scientific papers for over half a century. His major contribution in recent years has been to extend the concept of isomer group thermodynamics and Legendre transforms for calculations of the Gibbs energy as a function of pH, pMg2+,pO2, etc., an approach that facilitates thermodynamic analysis of complex biochemical reactions. This approach treats interacting molecular species (such as ATP4-, HATP3-, MgATP2-, MgHATP1-, KATP3-, KHATP2-, etc,) as pseudoisomers that rapidly interconvert by their respective association/dissociation reactions. The method also uses matrix algebra to avoid otherwise cumbersome and frequently approximate treatments based on the algebra of multiple equilibria. Enlightened by Alberty's beautifully presented theoretical treatment of isomer group thermodynamics and enabled by his step-by-step guidance (provided in latter half of his book), those seeking a rigorous understanding of bioenergetics can conveniently use the commercially available Mathematica software to perform all required calculations. Two qualities strongly commend the purchase of "Thermodynamics of Biochemical Reactions" for the personal library. First, at its price, the book is a real bargain (kudos to the publisher: John Wiley & Sons). Second, one may be reasonably confident that Alberty's rigorous treatment has now reached a state of timelessness, itself a much appreciated condition for both equilibrium thermodynamics and scientific thought. So, even if you are that biochemist who stubbornly choses not to add this book to her/his personal library, you should at least borrow the library copy to school yourself in modern thermodynamic principles by using what will surely become a classic. One caveat here: Be prepared to stand in line at the book recall desk; this is one book that will rarely be found resting on a library shelf at most research universities.
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A fundamental and frequently cited book in two very exciting fields: pattern formation and synchronization of oscillators. Provides asymptotic methods that can be applied to the dynamics of self-oscillating fields of the reaction-diffusion type and of some related systems. Graduate level. 40 Figures.
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Edited by Nobel Prize winner Ilya Prigogine and renowned authority Stuart A. Rice, the Advances in Chemical Physics series provides a forum for critical, authoritative evaluations in every area of the discipline. In a format that encourages the expression of individual points of view, experts in the field present comprehensive analyses of subjects of interest. Advances in Chemical Physics remains the premier venue for presentations of new findings in its field.
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The content spans from simple thermodynamics of the combustion engine to complex models for the description of the air/fuel mixture, ignition, combustion and pollutant formation considering the engine periphery of petrol and diesel engines. Thus the emphasis of the book is on the simulation models and how they are applicable for the development of modern combustion engines. Computers can be used as the engineers testbench following the rules and recommendations described here.
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