Will feature the very latest developments in the study of matter at the molecular level as applied to biochemistry, nanotechnology, molecular electronics, astrochemistry, quantum pharmacology, light harvesting, and battery design
Will show how a study at the molecular level underpins much of modern science from the development of smart responsive structural materials to the design of synthetic bio-materials
An exploration of scientific issues which stands to serve the demands of society in the twenty first century, such as more and more complex and sophisticated materials that are lighter and stronger, devices that are smaller and cheaper, medicines that cure diseases quickly with minimal side effects and materials are required for energy efficiency and low environmental impact
In this volume we have collected some of the contributions made to the Twelfth European Workshop on Quantum Systems in Chemistry and Physics (QSCP-XII) in 2007. The workshop was held at Royal Holloway College, the most westerly campusof the University of London,and situated just a stone’s throw from Windsor Great Park. The workshop, which ran from 30 August to 5 September, continued the series that was established by Roy McWeeny in April 1996 with a meeting held at San Miniato, near Pisa. The purpose of the QSCP workshops is to bring together, in an informal atmosphere and with the aim of fostering collaboration, those chemists and physicists who share a common ?eld of interest in the theory of the quantum many-body problem. Quantum mechanics provides a theoretical foundation for our understandingof the structure,propertiesanddynamicsof atoms, moleculesandthe solid state, in terms of their component particles: electrons and nuclei. The study of ‘Quantum Systems in Chemistry and Physics’ therefore underpins many of the emerging?elds in twenty-?rstcenturyscience andtechnology:nanostructure,smart materials, drug design – to name but a few. Members of the workshop were keen to discuss their research and engage in collaboration centred upon the development of fundamental and innovative theory which would lead to the exploration of new concepts. The proceedings of all of the workshops, which have been held annually since 1996, have been published both to disseminate the latest developments within the wider community and to stimulate further collaboration.
Editors and Affiliations
Department of Chemistry Physical & Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Stephen Wilson,
Peter J. Grout
Laboratoire de Chimie Physique Matière et Rayonnement, UPMC, Paris, France
Jean Maruani
Instituto de Matemáticas y Física Fundamental, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
Gerardo Delgado-Barrio
Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA
Piotr Piecuch
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Frontiers in Quantum Systems in Chemistry and Physics
Editors: Stephen Wilson, Peter J. Grout, Jean Maruani, Gerardo Delgado-Barrio, Piotr Piecuch
