Advances in Quantum Chemistry
Theory of Confined Quantum Systems - Part One

John R. Sabin (Series edited by), Erkki J. Brändas (Series edited by)

9780123747648, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 22 July 2009

690 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 3.7 cm, 0.61 kg

Advances in Quantum Chemistry presents surveys of current developments in this rapidly developing field. With invited reviews written by leading international researchers, each presenting new results, it provides a single vehicle for following progress in this interdisciplinary area.

Properties of confined hydrogen and helium atoms (S. Patil and Y.P. Varshni)
Exact relations for confined one-electron systems (K.D. Sen, V.I. Pupyshev, and H.E. Montgomery Jr.)
The hydrogen atom confined in semi-infinite spaces limited by conoidal boundaries (E. Ley-Koo)
The hydrogen and helium atoms confined in spherical boxes (N. Aquino)
Exact solutions for confined model systems using Kummer functions (B.L. Burrows and M. Cohen)
Perturbation theory for a hydrogen-like atom confined within an impenetrable spherical cavity (C. Laughlin)
Comparative study between the Hartree-Fock and Kohn-Sham models for the lowest singlet and triplet states of the confined helium atom (J. Garza and R. Vargas)
Thomas-Fermi-Dirac-Weizsäcker density functional formalism applied to the study of many-electron atom confinement by open and closed boundaries (S.A. Cruz)
Confined atoms treated as open quantum systems (R.F.W. Bader)
Modeling pressure effects on the electronic properties of Ca, Sr and Ba by the confined atom model (D. Guerra, R. Vargas, P. Fuentealba, and J. Garza)
Photoionization of atoms encaged in spherical fullerenes (V.K. Dolmatov)
DFT study of molecules confined inside fullerene and fullerene-like cages (O.P. Charkin, N.M. Klimenko, and D.O. Charkin)
Spectroscopy of confined atomic systems: effect of plasma (A.N. Sil, S. Canuto and P.K. Mukherjee)
The energy level structure of low-dimensional multi-electron quantum dots (T. Sako, J. Paldus and G.H.F. Diercksen)
Engineering quantum confined silicon nanostructures: ab-initio study of the structural, electronic and optical properties (E. Degoli and S. Ossicini)

Subject Areas: Chemistry [PN], Atomic & molecular physics [PHM]