1st Edition

Tunneling Phenomena in Chemical Physics

344 Pages
by CRC Press

334 Pages
by Routledge

Surveys the contemporary concepts and theoretical and experimental results of tunneling processes. Examines from a unified viewpoint not only chemical reactions but also other physical physicochemical and biological phenomena in which the tunneling effect is of great importance. Covers the general ideas of tunneling, the low temperature chemical reactions that manifest tunneling mechanisms,... Read more

Chapter 1 Basic Ideas in Tunneling Chapter 2 Tunneling in Chemical Kinetics. History Chapter 3 Rate Constant of Solid-Phase Chemical Reactions. Theory Chapter 4 Influence of Defects on the Rate of Solid-Phase Tunneling Reactions Chapter 5 Rate Constant of Solid-Phase Chemical Reactions. Comparison of Theory and Experiment Chapter 6 Tunneling Phenomena In Amorphous Solids Chapter 7 Tunneling of Heavy Particles in Crystals Chapter 8 Dispersive Transport Chapter 9 Tunneling Electron Scavenging Chapter 10 Tunneling Effects in Biology

Biography

V.I. GOL’DANSKII, Institute of Chemical Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow L.I. TRAKHTENBERG, Karpov Institute v Physical Chemistry, Moscow and V.N. FLEUROV, Institute of Chemical Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow Translated from the Russian byV.N. FLEUROV Presently with the School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Israel