{"product_id":"intermolecular-interactions-9780470863329","title":"Intermolecular Interactions","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn update of Theory of Molecular Interactions, Intermolecular Interactions has been completely rewritten to contain all mathematical apparatus needed for its study, as well as a description of principal quantum-mechanical and quantum-chemical methods applied to many-electron systems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"…worthy to be placed on the shelf of any researcher, teacher, or graduate student working in those fields of science.\" (\u003ci\u003ePhysics Today\u003c\/i\u003e, July 2007)  \u003cp\u003e\"This book is of interest for all those professionals that carry out experimental and theoretical studies of intermolecular interactions…\" (\u003ci\u003eMagazine of Modern Plastics,\u003c\/i\u003e April 2007)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePreface.\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Background Knowledge.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 The Subject and its Specificity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 A Brief Historical Survey.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 The Concept of Interatomic Potential and Adiabatic Approximation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 General Classification of Intermolecular Interactions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Types of Intermolecular Interactions: Qualitative Picture.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Direct Electrostatic Interactions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Resonance Interaction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Polarization Interactions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Exchange Interaction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 Retardation Effects in Long-Range Interactions and the Influence of Temperature.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6 Relativistic (Magnetic) Interactions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.7 Interaction Between Macroscopic Bodies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Calculation of Intermolecular Interactions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Large Distances.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Intermediate and Short Distances.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Nonadditivity of Intermolecular Interactions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Physical Nature of Nonadditivity and the Definition of Many-Body Forces.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Manifestations of Nonadditive Effects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Perturbation Theory and Many-Body Decomposition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Many-Body Effects in Atomic Clusters.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 Atom–Atom Potential Scheme and Nonadditivity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Model Potentials.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Semiempirical Model Potentials.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Determination of Parameters in Model Potentials.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Reconstructing Potentials on the Basis of Experimental Data.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Global Optimization Methods.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendix 1: Fundamental Physical Constants and Conversion Table of Physical Units.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendix 2: Some Necessary Mathematical Apparatus.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA2.1 Vector and Tensor Calculus.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA2.1.1 Definition of vector; the addition law.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA2.1.2 Scalar and vector products; triple scalar product.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA2.1.3 Determinants.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA2.1.4 Vector analysis; gradient, divergence and curl.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA2.1.5 Vector spaces and matrices.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA2.1.6 Tensors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA2.2 Group Theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA2.2.1 Properties of group operations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA2.2.2 Representations of groups.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA2.2.3 The permutation group.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA2.2.4 The linear groups. The three-dimensional rotation group.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA2.2.5 Point groups.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA2.2.6 Irreducible tensor operators. Spherical tensors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendix 3: Methods of Quantum-Mechanical Calculations of Many-Electron Systems.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA3.1 Adiabatic Approximation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA3.2 Variational Methods.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA3.2.1 Self-consistent field method.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA3.2.2 Methods taking into account the electron correlation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA3.2.2.1 \u003ci\u003er\u003c\/i\u003e12-dependent wave functions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA3.2.2.2 Configuration interaction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA3.2.2.3 Coupled cluster method.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA3.2.2.4 Density functional theory approach.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA3.3 Perturbation Theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA3.3.1 Rayleigh–Schr¨odinger perturbation theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA3.3.2 Møller–Plesset perturbation theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA3.3.3 Operator formalism and the Brillouin–Wigner perturbation theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA3.3.4 Variational perturbation theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA3.3.5 Asymptotic expansions; Padé approximants.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIndex.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402445857111,"sku":"9780470863329","price":154.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780470863329.jpg?v=1730480423","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/intermolecular-interactions-9780470863329","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}