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Reaction dynamics, AJOE

• Reaction dynamics
• M. Brouard, "Reaction Dynamics" Oxford Chemistry Primer (1998) OUP

Molecular collisions

• Scattering theory
  • Elastic scattering
  • Inelastic scattering
• Reaction cross sections — IUPAC Gold Book definition
• Photodissociation

Potential energy surfaces

• Multi-dimensional potential energy surfaces: conical intersections
• Born–Oppenheimer approximation
• Potential wells, barriers, and quantum tunnelling

Trajectory calculations

• Polanyi's rules

Experimental techniques

• Infrared chemiluminescence
• Newton diagrams and the CM frame
• Molecular beams
• Harpoon reactions

Modern techniques

• State-selected reagents
• Transition state spectroscopy — Oxford overview
• Oriented molecules — "Imaging of Oriented Molecules", J. Chem. Phys. A (1997) 101, 7605–7613
• Bond-selective chemistry
• Ultra fast laser spectroscopy — femtochemistry
• State-to-state differential cross sections — J. Phys. Chem. A (2002) 106, 1144–1151
• 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for their contributions concerning the dynamics of chemical elementary processes" (list of laureates)
  • Awarded to Dudley R. Herschbach and Yuan T. Lee for refining the crossed molecular beam technique
  • (Also awarded to John Charles Polanyi for developing IR chemiluminescence to study kinetics)