Principles of Physical Chemistry introduces undergraduate students to the concepts and methods of physical chemistry, which are fundamental to all of Chemistry. In their unique approach, the authors guide students along a logically consistent pathway from the principles of quantum mechanics and molecular structure to the properties of ensembles and supramolecular machines, with many examples from biology and nanoscience. By systematically proceeding from atoms to increasingly complex forms of matter, the book elucidates the connection between recognizable paradigms and modern chemistry research in a student-friendly manner. To promote intuition and understanding for beginning students, the text introduces concepts before proceeding to more rigorous treatments. Rigorous proofs and derivations are provided, as electronic supplements, for more advanced students.

The book poses over 900 exercises and problems to help the student learn and master methods for physicochemical reasoning. Computational supplementary material, including Fortran simulations, MathCAD exercises, and Mathematica programs, are included on a companion website.

Some topics discussed in the text are:

Electronic structure and Variational Principle, including Pauli exclusion, spin-orbit interactions, and electron confinement in quantum dots.
Chemical bonding and molecular structure, including electron tunneling, comparison of electron-in-a-box models and electron orbital methods, and the mechanics of chemical bonds.
Absorption and emission of light, including transition dipoles for ?-electron systems, coupled chromophores, excitons, and chiroptical activity.
Statistical description of molecular ensembles, including microscopic interpretations of phase transitions, entropy, work, and heat.
Chemical equilibria, including statistical description of equilibrium constants, electrochemistry, and the exposition of fundamental reaction types.
Reaction kinetics and reaction dynamics, including nonlinear coupled reactions, femtochemistry, and solvent effects on reactions.
Physicochemical properties of macromolecules and the principles of supramolecular assemblies, including polymer dynamics and chemical control of interfaces.
The logic of supramolecular machines and their manipulation of photon, electron, and nuclear motion.

With its highly coherent and systematic approach to the subject, Principles of Physical Chemistry is an ideal textbook and resource for students in undergraduate physical chemistry courses, especially those in programs of study related to chemistry, engineering, and molecular and chemical biology.

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Information

Publisher

Wiley

Year

2024

ISBN

9781119852674

Edition

Topic

Physical Sciences

Subtopic

Physical & Theoretical Chemistry

Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Preface Third Edition
Acknowledgement
List of Symbols
About the Companion Website
Introduction
Chapter 1 Wave–Particle Duality
Chapter 2 Essential Aspects of Structure and Bonding
Chapter 3 Schrödinger Equation
Chapter 4 Hydrogen Atom
Chapter 5 Atoms and Variational Principle
Chapter 6 A Quantitative View of Chemical Bonding
Chapter 7 Bonding Described by Electron Pairs and Molecular Orbitals
Chapter 8 Molecules with π‐Electron Systems
Chapter 9 Absorption of Light
Chapter 10 Emission of Light
Chapter 11 Nuclei: Particle and Wave Properties
Chapter 12 Nuclear Spin
Chapter 13 Solids and Intermolecular Forces
Chapter 14 Thermal Motion of Molecules
Chapter 15 Energy Distribution in Molecular Assemblies
Chapter 16 Work w, Heat q, and Internal Energy U
Chapter 17 Reversible Work wrev, Reversible Heat qrev, and Entropy S
Chapter 18 General Conditions for Spontaneity and its Application to Equilibria of Ideal Gases and Dilute Solutions
Chapter 19 Formal Thermodynamics and Its Application to Phase Equilibria
Chapter 20 Real Gases
Chapter 21 Real Solutions
Chapter 22 Reaction Equilibria in Aqueous Solutions and Biosystems
Chapter 23 Chemical Reactions in Electrochemical Cells
Chapter 24 Chemical Kinetics
Chapter 25 Transition States and Chemical Reactions
Chapter 26 Macromolecules
Chapter 27 Organized Molecular Assemblies
Chapter 28 Supramolecular Machines
Chapter 29 Origin of Life. Matter Carrying Information
Appendices
Index
EULA