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EPSRC Reference: GR/R13913/01
Title: New Theories of Chemical Reactions
Principal Investigator: Connor, Professor JNL
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Northwestern University
Department: Chemistry
Organisation: University of Manchester, The
Scheme: Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts: 01 October 2001 Ends: 31 May 2005 Value (£): 189,830
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:
Gas & Solution Phase Reactions
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:
Chemicals
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This application requests a 3 year PDRA, a project student and related costs to develop new theories and computational methods for chemical reactions in order to predict and understand new effects in state-of-the-art experiments.Quantum scattering calculations will be performed for light atom transfer reactions, which involve multiple coupled potential energy surfaces, including the effects of van der Waals wells, conical intersections (and associated geometrical phases) and spin-orbit interactions.Reactions of this type are extremely common in chemistry , for example radical reactions. However the theoretical treatment of their dynamics is in its infancy. Quantities to be calculated include state-to-state and total reaction probabilities, cumulative reaction probabilities, differential and integral cross sections and rate coefficients. The proposed research is very demanding; It will keep the UK at the forefront of this area of research.The collaborators will make a contribution to the research worth 40363 for salary and overheads, and 6000 for 4500 hours of computer time. Total contribution: 46363.
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