"Version: 20170901"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface to the 2nd edition -- 1. Molecular symmetry -- 1.1. Symmetry operations and elements -- 1.2. Classification of molecular symmetry -- 1.3. Implications of symmetry2. Basic quantum mechanics -- 2.1. Wave functions specify a system's s…
"Version: 20140901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- List of symbols -- Author biography -- Introduction to molecular spectroscopy and photophysicsThe electronic and nuclear structure of molecules -- Nuclear motions -- How far do the atoms move? -- Representations of the electronic and vibrational statesMechanism for the absorption of light -- State populations -…
"Version: 20140601"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Molecular symmetry -- Symmetry operations and elements -- Classification of molecular symmetry -- Implications of symmetryBasic quantum mechanics -- Wave functions specify a system's state -- Operators represent observables -- Schr?odinger's equation -- Measured and average valuesTranslation and vibration -- A …
"Version: 20140901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Author biography -- Introduction -- Background and nomenclature : the ideal gas -- van der Waals intermolecular interaction parametersThermodynamic variables and properties in terms of the van der Waals interaction parameters -- Helmholtz free energy -- Critical pressure, temperature and volume -- Entropy, inte…
"Version: 20230801"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references and index.part I. Gas-phase kinetics. 1. A review of basic concepts in chemical kinetics -- 1.1. Some basic definitions -- 1.2. The steady-state and equilibrium approximations -- 1.3. The temperature dependence of rate constants2. The Boltzmann distribution -- 2.1. Statistical ideas in molecular science -- 2.2. The Boltzm…