Description
Dear Scholars (Student, Researcher, Colleague), I am honored to introduce Quantum Nanochemistry, a handbook comprised of the following five volumes:
Volume I:Quantum Theory and Observability
Volume II: Quantum Atoms and Periodicity
Volume III: Quantum Molecules and Reactivity
Volume IV: Quantum Solids and Orderability
Volume V: Quantum Structure–Activity Relationships (Qu-SAR)
This treatise, a compilation of my lecture notes for graduates, postgraduates and doctoral students in physical and chemical sciences as well as my own post-doctoral research, will serve the scientific community seeking information in basic quantum chemistry environments: from the fundamental quantum theories to atoms, molecules, solids and cells (chemical–biological/ligand–substrate/ligand–receptor interactions); and will also creatively explain the quantum level concepts such as observability, periodicity, reactivity, orderability, and activity explicitly.
The book adopts a three-way approach to explain the main principles governing the electronic world:
– firstly, the introductory principles of quantumchemistry are stated;
– then, they are analyzed as primary concepts employed to understand the microscopic nature of objects;
– finally, they are explained through basic analytical equations controlling the observed or measured electronic object.
It explains the first principles of quantum chemistry, which includes quantum mechanics, quantum atom and periodicity, quantum molecule and reactivity, through two levels:
– fundamental (or universal) character of matter in isolated and interacting states; and
– the primary concepts elaborated for a beginner as well as an advanced researcher in quantum chemistry.
Each volume tells the “story of quantum chemical structures” from different viewpoints offering new insight to some current quantum paradoxes.
– The first volume covers the concepts of nuclear, atomic, molecular and solids on the basis of quantum principles—from Planck, Bohr, Einstein, Schrödinger, Hartree–Fock, up to Feynman Path Integral approaches;
– The second volume details an atom’s quantum structure, its diverse analytical predictions through reviews and an in-depth analysis of atomic periodicities, atomic radii, ionization potential, electron affinity, electronegativity and chemical hardness. Additionally, it also discusses the assessment of electrophilicity and chemical action as the prime global reactivity indices while judging chemical reactivity through associated principles;
– The third volume highlights chemical reactivity through molecular structure, chemical bonding (introducing bondons as the quantum bosonic particles of the chemical field), localization from Hückel to Density Functional expositions, especially how chemical principles of electronegativity and chemical hardness decide the global chemical reactivity and interaction;
– The fourth volume addresses the electronic order problems in the solid state viewed as a huge molecule in special quantum states; and
– The fifth volume reveals the quantum implication to bio-organic and bio-inorganic systems, enzyme kinetics and to pharmacophore binding sites of chemical–biological interaction of molecules through cell membranes in targeting specific bindings modeled by celebrated QSARs (Quantitative Structure–Activity Relationships) renamed here as Qu–SAR (Quantum Structure– Activity Relationships).