Molecular reaction dynamics in gases, liquids and interfaces : Assisi, Italy, 25-27 June 2012

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This volume is intended to bring together practitioners, both experimentalists and theorists, of reaction dynamics in the gas phase, at interfaces and in the condensed phase. The vision is to define the state-of-the-art as we move into the second decade of the new millennium and to outline the future prospects for this whole exciting area of research, with impact in many fields of science.
The study of gas-phase molecular reaction dynamics has long proved to be a central and fruitful field of research, with impact in many areas of science, for both experimental and theoretical physical chemists/ chemical physicists.
While further advances in the characterisation of gas-phase reactions are actively pursued, the methods and concepts developed so far are also the basis of the molecular approach of investigations of reaction dynamics at interfaces (gas-liquid and gas-solid) and in condensed phases.
Work in several laos has been focused on developing a theoretical understanding of this ultrafast dynamics. The hope is to discern the molecular mechanisms of events such as solvation and vibrational relaxation - the elementary steps that determine the course of chemical reactions in liquids.