Surveys the contemporary concepts, and theoretical and experimental results of tunneling processes. Considers not only chemical reactions, but also other physical, physiochemical, and biological phenomena in which the tunneling effect is of great importance. After setting out the general ideas of tunneling, proceeds to discuss the low-temperature chemical reactions that manifest tunneling mechanisms, the tunneling effects in amorphous materials, quantum diffusion and surface phenomena in quantum crystals, and hopping diffusion and tunnel scavenging of electrons. Also considers the tunneling effect in biological systems. Translated from the Russian. A highly technical treatment for specialists in various fields of chemistry, physics, and biology. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
Surveys the contemporary concepts and theoretical and experimental results of tunneling processes. Examines from a unified viewpoint not only chemical reactions but also other physical physicochemical and biological phenomena in which the tunneling effect is of great importance. Covers the general ideas of tunneling, the low temperature chemical reactions that manifest tunneling mechanisms, tunneling effects in amorphous materials, quantum diffusion and surface phenomena in quantum crystals, hopping diffusion and tunneling scavenging of electrons, and tunneling effects in biological systems.
Chapter 1 Basic Ideas in Tunneling
Chapter 2 Tunneling in Chemical
Kinetics. History
Chapter 3 Rate Constant of Solid-Phase Chemical Reactions.
Theory
Chapter 4 Influence of Defects on the Rate of Solid-Phase Tunneling
Reactions
Chapter 5 Rate Constant of Solid-Phase Chemical Reactions.
Comparison of Theory and Experiment
Chapter 6 Tunneling Phenomena In
Amorphous Solids
Chapter 7 Tunneling of Heavy Particles in Crystals
Chapter 8
Dispersive Transport
Chapter 9 Tunneling Electron Scavenging
Chapter 10
Tunneling Effects in Biology
V.I. GOLDANSKII, Institute of Chemical Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow L.I. TRAKHTENBERG, Karpov Institute v Physical Chemistry, Moscow and V.N. FLEUROV, Institute of Chemical Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow Translated from the Russian byV.N. FLEUROV Presently with the School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Israel
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