CHEM 36500
Chemical Dynamics
This course develops a molecular-level description of chemical kinetics, reaction dynamics, and energy transfer in both gases and liquids. Topics include potential energy surfaces, collision dynamics and scattering theory, reaction rate theory, collisional and radiationless energy transfer, molecule-surface interactions, Brownian motion, time correlation functions, and computer simulations.
Topics
- potential energy surfaces
- collision dynamics and scattering theory
- reaction rate theory
- collisional and radiationless energy transfer
- molecule-surface interactions
- Brownian motion
- time correlation functions
- and computer simulations
Topics explicitly listed in official catalogue description
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027