Quantum electrochemistry 872416 148131444 2007-07-30T21:24:06Z 212.72.149.131 /* External links */ The scientific school of '''Quantum electrochemistry''' began to form in the [[1960]]s under [[Revaz Dogonadze]]. Generally speaking, the field comprises the notions arising in [[electrodynamics]], [[quantum mechanics]], and [[electrochemistry]]; and so is studied by a very large array of different professional researchers. The fields they reside in include, [[chemical engineering|chemical]], [[electrical engineering|electrical]] and [[mechanical engineer]]ing, [[chemistry]] and [[physics]]. == History and contributors== The first development of "quantum electrochemistry" is somewhat difficult to pin down. This is not very surprising, since the development of [[quantum mechanics]] to chemistry can be summarized as the application of [[Schrödinger equation|quantum wave theory]] models to [[atoms]] and [[molecules]]. This being the case, [[electrochemistry]], which is particularly concerned with the [[electronic state]]s of some particular system, is already, by its nature, tied into the quantum mechanical model of the [[electron]] in quantum chemistry. There were proponents of quantum electrochemistry, who applied quantum mechanics to electrochemistry with unusual zeal, clarity and precision. Among them were [[Revaz Dogonadze]] and his co-workers. They developed one of the early quantum mechanical models for [[proton]] transfer [[chemical reaction|reactions]] in chemical systems. Dogonadze is a particularly celebrated promoter of quantum electrochemistry, and is also credited with forming an international summer school of quantum electrochemistry centered in [[Yugoslavia]]. He was a main author of the ''Quantum-Mechanical Theory of Kinetics of the Elementary Act of Chemical, Electrochemical and Biochemical Processes in Polar Liquids''. Another important contributor is [[Rudolph A. Marcus]], who won the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] in 1992 for his ''Theory of Electron Transfer Reactions in Chemical Systems''. == See also == * [[Electrochemistry]] * [[Quantum chemistry]] * [[Quantum mechanics]] == References == * R.R. Dogonadze, "Theory of Molecular Electrode Kinetics", in: N.S. Hush (Ed.), ''Reactions of Molecules at Electrodes'', Interscience Pub., London, 1971, pp. 135-227 * R.R. Dogonadze and Z.D. Urushadze, "Semi-classical Method of Calculation of Rates of Chemical Reactions".- ''J.Electroanal. Chem.'', 32, 1971, pp. 235-245 * R.P. Bell, "The Proton in Chemistry", Chapman and Hall, London-New York, 1973 * N.R. Kestner, J. Logan and J. Jortner, "Thermal Electron Transfer Reactions in Polar Solvents".- ''J.Phys. Chem.'', 78, 1974, pp. 2148-2166 * R.R. Dogonadze, A.M. Kuznetsov, M.G. Zaqaraya and J. Ulstrup, "A Quantum Theory of Low-Temperature Chemical and Biological Rate Processes", in: B. Chance, R.A. Marcus, D. DeVault, H. Frauenfelder, J.R. Schrieffer and N. Sutin (Eds.), ''Tunneling in Biological Systems'', Academic Press, New York, 1979, pp. 145-171 * R.P. Bell, "The Tunneling Effect in Chemistry", Chapman and Hall, London-New York, 1980 * R.R. Dogonadze and A.M. Kuznetsov, "Quantum Electrochemical Kinetics: Continuum Theory", in: B.E. Conway, J.O'M. Bockris and E. Yeager (Eds.), ''Comprehensive Treatise of Electrochemistry'', Vol. 7, Plenum Press, New York, 1983, pp. 1-40 * "Electrodynamics and Quantum Phenomena at Interfaces" (Proceedings of the International Conference, Telavi, [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], October 1-6, 1984), Publishing House "Metsniereba", Tbilisi, 1986, 558 pp. (in English) * J.O'M. Bockris, Shahed U.M. Khan, "Quantum Electrochemistry", Plenum Press, New York, 1979, 538 pp. (ISBN 0-306-31143-7) * "Standard bearer of Quantum Electrochemistry" (''"Flagman Kvantovoy Elektrokhimii"''). About Professor Revaz R. Dogonadze. Compiled by Prof. Z.D. Urushadze, Publishing House of the [[Tbilisi State University]], Tbilisi, 1991, 140 pp. (In Russian) * M. Bixon and J. Jortner, "Electron Transfer. From Isolated Molecules to Biomolecules".- ''Adv. in Chem. Physics'', 106, 1999, pp. 35-203 * "Encyclopedia of Electrochemistry", Vol. 2, Interfacial Kinetics and Mass Transport, Wiley Publishers, 2003, 563 pp. (ISBN 3-527-30394-4). * Revaz Dogonadze Memorial Issue of the ''Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry and Interfacial Electrochemistry'', vol. 204, Lausanne, 1986. == External links == * [http://www.nobel.se/chemistry/laureates/1992/marcus-lecture.pdf Nobel Lecture of Rudolph A. Marcus, 1992] * [http://www.geocities.com/bioelectrochemistry/dogonadze.htm R.R. Dogonadze's Memorial Page] * [http://www.ise-online.org International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE)] [[Category:Quantum chemistry|Electrochemistry]] [[Category:Electrochemistry]] [[it:Elettrochimica quantistica]]