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The Jahn-Teller Effect

Fundamentals and Implications for Physics and Chemistry

  • Written by leading international experts, extensive and tutorial reviews complement available textbooks in the field
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Chemical Physics (CHEMICAL, volume 97)

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Fullerenes and fullerides

    1. Jahn–Teller Effects in Molecules on Surfaces with Specific Application to C60

      • Ian D. Hands, Janette L. Dunn, Catherine S. A. Rawlinson, Colin A. Bates
      Pages 517-551
  2. Jahn-Teller Effect and Molecular Magnetism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 554-554
  3. Jahn-Teller effect and molecular magnetism

    1. Jahn–Teller Effect in Molecular Magnetism: An Overview

      • Boris Tsukerblat, Sophia Klokishner, Andrew Palii
      Pages 555-619
  4. The Cooperative Jahn-Teller Effect and Orbital Ordering

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 652-652
  5. Jahn-Teller Effect and High-Tc Superconductivity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 810-810
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 907-915

About this book

The Jahn-Teller effect continues to be a paradigm for structural instabilities and dynamical processes in molecules and in the condensed phase. Among the many important newer developments in the field one should mention cooperative phenomena in crystals, the general importance of pseudo-Jahn-Teller couplings for symmetry-lowering phenomena in molecular systems, non-adiabatic processes at conical intersections of potential energy surfaces and extensions of the basic theory in relation to the discovery of fullerenes and other icosahedral systems.

Written by leading international experts the aim of the present volume is to provide a survey of the state-of-the art in Jahn-Teller interactions at the interface of quantum chemistry and condensed matter physics, addressing both the non-expert scientist as well as those experts interested in expanding their knowledge into neighboring areas. 

Cast in form of a set of extensive and tutorial reviews – and thus suitable as a complement to available textbooks in the field – the following topics are dealt with in this book:

- Jahn-Teller effect and vibronic interactions: General theory

- Conical intersections and nonadiabatic dynamics in molecular processes

- Impurities; Spectroscopy of transition metal complexes

- Fullerenes and fullerides

- Jahn-Teller effect and molecular magnetism

- The cooperative Jahn-Teller effect and orbital ordering

- Jahn-Teller effect and high-Tc Superconductivity

Editors and Affiliations

  • LS für Theoretische Chemie, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

    Horst Köppel

  • Dept. Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, U.S.A.

    David R. Yarkony

  • MPI für Festkörperforschung, Stuttgart, Germany

    Heinz Barentzen

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Softcover Book USD 379.99
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