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Femtochemistry: Ultrafast Dynamics Of The Chemical Bond - Volume I (Hardcover)
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Femtochemistry: Ultrafast Dynamics Of The Chemical Bond - Volume I (Hardcover)
Series: World Scientific Series in 20th-Century Chemistry, 3
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"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."J Am Chem Soc.These two
volumes on Femtochemistry present a timely contribution 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. This atomic scale of
time resolution has now reached the ultimate for the chemical bond
and as Lord George Porter puts it, chemists are near the end of the
race against time. These two volumes cover the general concepts,
techniques and applications of femtochemistry.Professor Ahmed
Zewail, who has made the pioneering contributions in this field,
has from over 250 publications selected the articles for this
anthology. These volumes begin with a commentary and a historical
chronology of the milestones. He then presents a broad perspective
of the current state of knowledge in femtochemistry by researchers
around the world and discusses possible new directions. In the
words of a colleague, ';it is a must on the reading-list for all of
my students ...; all readers will find this to be an informative
and valuable overview.';The introductory articles in Volume I
provide reviews for both the non-experts as well as for experts in
the field. This is followed by papers on the basic concepts. For
applications, elementary reactions are studied first and then
complex reactions. Volume I is complete with studies of solvation
dynamics, non-reactive systems, ultrafast electron diffraction and
the control of chemical reactions.Volume II continues with reaction
rates, the concept of elementary intramolecular vibrational-energy
redistribution (IVR) and the phenomena of rotational coherence
which has become a powerful tool for the determination of molecular
structure via time resolution. The second volume ends with an
extensive list of references, according to topics, based on work by
Professor Zewail and his group at Caltech.These collected works by
Professor Zewail will certainly be indispensable to both experts
and beginners in the field. The author is known for his clarity and
for his creative and systematic contributions. These volumes will
be of interest and should prove useful to chemists, biologists and
physicists. As noted by Professor J Manz (Berlin) and Professor A W
Castleman, Jr. (Penn State): femtochemistry is yielding exciting
new discoveries from analysis to control of chemical reactions,
with applications in many domains of chemistry and related fields,
e.g., physical, organic and inorganic chemistry, surface science,
molecular biology, ... etc.
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