CY61004: Advanced Chemical Dynamics

CY61004
Course name	Advanced Chemical Dynamics
Offered by	Chemistry
Credits	3
L-T-P	3-0-0
Previous Year Grade Distribution
{{{grades}}}
Semester	Spring

Syllabus

Syllabus mentioned in ERP

Transport properties in gases and condensed phases - kinetic theory of transport processes in dilute gases; theory of Brownian motion; transport coefficients from time correlation function formalism; transport in solids and electrolyte solutions. Dynamics of chemical reaction in condensed phases â interactions between reactive molecules; hard sphere collision theory; transition state theory; Kramers theory of reactions in solution; linear free energy relationships; unimolecular reactions; electron transfer reactions; biomolecular reactions; chaos in reaction-diffusion systems and fractal dimensions.Books: Basic Concepts for Simple and Complex Liquids by J.L. Barrat and J.P. Hansen; Statistical Mechanics by D.A. McQuarrie; Non-equilibrium Statistical Mechanics by R. Kubo; Chemical Dynamics in Condensed Phases by A. Nitzan.