London Dispersion Forces in Molecules, Solids and Nano-structures : An Introduction to Physical Models and Computational Methods PDF

by Prof. Janos (University of Lorraine, France) Angyan, Prof. John (Griffith University, Australia) Dobson, Prof. Georg (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany) Jansen, Tim (Griffith University, Australia) Gould

Part of the Theoretical and Computational Chemistry Series series

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London dispersion interactions are responsible for numerous phenomena in physics, chemistry and biology.

Recent years have seen the development of new, physically well-founded models, and dispersion-corrected density functional theory (DFT) is now a hot topic of research.

This book is an overview of current understanding of the physical origin and modelling of London dispersion forces manifested at an atomic level.

It covers a wide range of system, from small intermolecular complexes, to organic molecules and crystalline solids, through to biological macromolecules and nanostructures.

In presenting a broad overview of the of the physical foundations of dispersion forces, the book provides theoretical, physical and synthetic chemists, as well as solid-state physicists, with a systematic understanding of the origins and consequences of these ubiquitous interactions.

The presentation is designed to be accessible to anyone with intermediate undergraduate mathematics, physics and chemistry.