Reviews in Computational Chemistry, Volume 12 - by Kenny B Lipkowitz & Donald B Boyd Hardcover

Book Synopsis

Ein idealer Ausgangspunkt für Neueinsteiger, die Methoden und Software suchen, mit denen sie ihre chemische Problematik optimal theoretisch untersuchen können! Die Beiträge sind überwiegend auch ohne umfangreiches theoretisches Hintergrundwissen verständlich und spiegeln den aktuellen Wissensstand eines modernen, sich rasch entwickelnden Gebietes wider. (8/98)

From the Back Cover

VOLUME 12

REVIEWS IN COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY

Kenny B. Lipkowitz and Donald B. Boyd

HOW DOES ONE COMPUTE FREE ENERGY AND ENTROPY FROM MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SIMULATIONS ARE RUN WITH CONSTRAINTS? HOW SHOULD SIMULATIONS BE PERFORMED TO MODEL INTERFACIAL PHENOMENA? HOW IS DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY USED TO SIMULATE MATERIALS? WHAT QUANTUM MECHANICAL METHODS SHOULD BE USED TO COMPUTE NONLINEAR OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS? WHICH PARAMETERS ARE MOST INFLUENTIAL IN A MOLECULAR SIMULATION? HOW CAN CRYSTAL STRUCTURES BE PREDICTED? TUTORIALS PROVIDING ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS ARE THE FOCUS OF THIS BOOK.

FROM REVIEWS OF THE SERIES

"The series continues to be one of the most useful information sources." -JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Review Quotes

"Of interest to this reviewer were the chapters on biomolecular simulations and water calculations. In the chapter by Meirovitch, the difficulties encountered in obtaining the thermodynamic parameters of F (free energy) and S (entropy) are discussed, as well as these.)." (J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1999)

About the Author

Kenny B. Lipkowitz, PhD, is a retired Professor of Chemistry from North Dakota State University.

Donald B. Boyd was apponted Research Professor of Chemistry at Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis in 1994. He has published over 100 refereed journal papers and book chapters.