Femtochemistry: Ultrafast Dynamics of the Chemical Bond, Vol. 2 (World scientific Series in 20th Century Chemistry [Hardcover]

Ahmed H. Zewail (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1994 | ISBN-10: 9810217382 | ISBN-13: 978-9810217389

This is the second of two volumes which together contribute to a field central to the understanding of the dynamics of the chemical bond. This century has witnessed great strides in time and space resolutions, down to the atomic scale, providing chemists, biologists and physicists with unprecedented opportunities for seeing microscopic structures and dynamics. Femtochemistry is concerned with the time resolution of the most elementary motions of atoms during chemical change - bond breaking and bond making - on the femtosecond (10-15 second) time scale. These two volumes cover the general concepts, techniques and applications of femtochemistry. They begin with a commentary and a historical chronology of the milestones. Professor Zewail then goes on to present a broad perspective of the current state of knowledge in femtochemistry by researchers around the world and discusses possible new directions. Volume Two covers reaction rates, the concepts of elementary intramolecular vibrational-energy redistribution (IVR) and the pheneomena of rotational coherence which has become a powerful tool for the determination of molecular structure via time resolution. It ends with an extensive list of references, according to topics, based on work by Professor Zewail and his group at Caltech.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This two-volume set provides an excellent source of information on the state of the art in femtosecond spectroscopy. It is an invaluable reference for experts in the field as well as those interested in mastering the experimental and theoretical aspects of ultrafast time-resolved spectroscopy." -- Timothy A Rhodes, J Am Chem Soc, 1995

About the Author

Professor Ahmed H. Zewail (Ph.D.; D.Sc., h.c.) holds the Linus Pauling Chair at Caltech. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, fellow of the Third World Academy of Sciences and a member of the European Academy of Arts, Sciences and Humanities. He has received many honors and awards, including the International Carl Zeiss Award, the King Faisal Prize and the Wolf Prize. He has given over 250 invited lectures, including numerous named lectures, such as the Eyring, Watson, Faraday, Hinshelwood, Bernstein and Condon lectures. Over the years he has been a visiting professor to academic institutions in Holland, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Egypt and the United States. Professor Zewail is proud of the achievements of his students and research associates, and with them he has published some 270 articles. He is the editor of six books, the current North American editor of Chemical Physics Letters and the international series of Monographs on Chemistry (Oxford). The research interests of his group at Caltech are currently directed toward ultrafast lasers and their applications to research in the gas phase, in clusters and in the liquid state.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 912 pages
• Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc (September 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9810217382
• ISBN-13: 978-9810217389
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 7.5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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