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Vibronic Interactions and the Jahn-Teller Effect

Theory and Applications

  • Shows the importance of the Jahn-Teller effect and vibronic coupling in general to chemistry, physics, biology and material science
  • Presents contributions of participants of the XXth conference on the Jahn-Teller effect, in Fribourg, Switzerland

Part of the book series: Progress in Theoretical Chemistry and Physics (PTCP, volume 23)

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
  2. Jahn-Teller Effect and Vibronic Interactions: General Theory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23
  3. Jahn-Teller Effect and Vibronic Interactions: General Theory

    1. Density Functional Theory Study of the Multimode Jahn-Teller Effect – Ground State Distortion of Benzene Cation

      • Matija Zlatar, Jean-Pierre Brog, Alain Tschannen, Maja Gruden-Pavlović, Claude Daul
      Pages 25-38
    2. A Symmetry Adapted Approach to the Dynamic Jahn-Teller Problem

      • Boris Tsukerblat, Andrew Palii, Juan Modesto Clemente-Juan, Eugenio Coronado
      Pages 39-57
  4. Jahn-Teller Effect and Vibronic Interactions in Impurity Centers in Crystals

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
    2. The Dynamic Jahn-Teller Effect in Cu(II)/MgO

      • P. L. W. Tregenna-Piggott, C. J. Noble, Mark J. Riley
      Pages 85-103
    3. Dynamic and Static Jahn-Teller Effect in Impurities: Determination of the Tunneling Splitting

      • Pablo Garcia-Fernandez, A. Trueba, M. T. Barriuso, J. A. Aramburu, Miguel Moreno
      Pages 105-142
    4. Raman Scattering for Weakened Bonds in the Intermediate States of Impurity Centres

      • Imbi Tehver, G. Benedek, V. Boltrushko, V. Hizhnyakov, T. Vaikjärv
      Pages 163-177
    5. Vibronic Transitions to a State with Jahn-Teller Effect: Contribution of Phonons

      • V. Hizhnyakov, K. Pae, T. Vaikjärv
      Pages 179-191
  5. Fullerenes, Fullerides and Related Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 213-213
    2. C60 Molecules on Surfaces: The Role of Jahn–Teller Effects and Surface Interactions

      • Janette L. Dunn, Ian D. Hands, Colin A. Bates
      Pages 215-229
    3. The Quadratic p 3 ⊗ h Jahn–Teller System as a Model for the C60 3− Anion

      • Andrew J. Lakin, Ian D. Hands, Colin A. Bates, Janette L. Dunn
      Pages 231-243
    4. Investigations of the Boron Buckyball B80: Bonding Analysis and Chemical Reactivity

      • Jules Tshishimbi Muya, G. Gopakumar, Erwin Lijnen, Minh Tho Nguyen, Arnout Ceulemans
      Pages 265-278
  6. Conical Intersections and Interplay Between Jahn-Teller Coupling and Spin-Orbit Coupling: Theory and Manifestations in Magnetism and Spectroscopy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 279-279
  7. Conical Intersections and Interplay between Jahn-Teller Coupling and Spin-Orbit Coupling: Theory and Manifestations in Magnetism and Spectroscopy

About this book

The concepts of the Jahn-Teller effect and vibronic coupling are being applied to more and more systems in both chemistry and physics. Aspects of structural chemistry such as the distortion of the nuclear framework to a lower-symmetry conformation have received an increasing attention, as well as the dynamics on the coupled potential energy surfaces.

The Jahn-Teller intersections are now recognized as prototype cases of conical intersections where the nuclear motion is known to be inherently nonadiabatic in nature and interchanges freely between the different potential energy surfaces. In the condensed phase especially, the significance of the Jahn-Teller effect has been increasingly appreciated, following the discovery of superconductivity in the fullerides and of very large ("colossal") magnetoresistance in the manganite perovskites. Indeed, these materials are particularly challenging since the Jahn-Teller interaction competes with electronic correlation effects. 

Vibronic Interactions and the Jahn-Teller Effect: Theory and Applications provides an in-depth discussion of the Jahn-Teller effect and vibronic interactions as reflected by the contributions presented at the XX International Conference on the Jahn-Teller effect, Fribourg, Switzerland, 2010. The following topics have been treated in a clear and concise way:

• Complex topologies of Jahn-Teller effect and conical intersections
• Multi-state vibronic interactions on strongly coupled potential energy surfaces
• Interplay of vibronic and spin-orbit coupling
• Strain in Jahn-Teller systems and cooperative Jahn-Teller effect
• Orbital ordering and its relation to ferromagnetism, ferroelectricity and molecular magnets
• The Jahn-Teller effect in icosahedral systems
• The Jahn-Teller effect and high temperature superconductivity

This book is of interest to a wide audience including academic andindustrial theoretical and experimental physicists, chemists, spectroscopists, and crystallographers.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Inst. of General & Inorganic Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Mihail Atanasov

  • , Chemistry, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland

    Claude Daul

  • Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI, Switzerland

    Philip L.W. Tregenna-Piggott

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Softcover Book USD 219.99
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Hardcover Book USD 219.99
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