Computational Materials Science: Volume 15 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780444513007)

Computational tools have been permanently deposited into the toolbox of theoretical chemists. The impact of new computational tools can hardly be overestimated, and their presence in research and applications is overwhelming. Theoretical methods such as quantum mechanics, molecular dynamics, and statistical mechanics have been successfully used to characterize chemical systems and to design new materials, drugs, and chemicals. This volume on Computational Material Sciences covers selected examples of notable applications of computational techniques to material science. The chapters contained in this volume include discussions of the phenomenon of chaos in chemistry, reaction network analysis, and mechanisms of formation of clusters. Details of more practical applications are also included in the form of reviews of computational design of new materials and the prediction of properties and structures of well known molecular assemblies. Current developments of effective computational methods, which will help in understanding, predicting, and optimizing periodic systems, nanostructures, clusters and model surfaces are also covered in this volume.

Author: Jerzy Leszczynski
ISBN-10: 0444513000
ISBN-13: 9780444513007
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Language: English
Published: 03/19/2004
Pages: 472
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.84lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.00d