TY - JOUR
T1 - Activated chemical reactions driven by accepted fluctuations
AU - Wilson, Kent R.
AU - Levine, R. D.
PY - 1988/11/25
Y1 - 1988/11/25
N2 - A unified point of view for activated chemical reactions in gas and condensed phases is discussed. Contact is made with mechanical and dynamical formulations (e.g., simulations based on classical trajectories ) as well as with statistical theories of reaction rates and their thermodynamic formulations. This approach is consistent with existing theories but also covers additional physico-chemical situations which we suggest are common. Three examples are reviewed: activated atom exchange in solution, activated desorption from a surface and dissociation of clusters, which demonstrate that dynamical manifestations such as selective energy requirements can be observed in many-body systems.
AB - A unified point of view for activated chemical reactions in gas and condensed phases is discussed. Contact is made with mechanical and dynamical formulations (e.g., simulations based on classical trajectories ) as well as with statistical theories of reaction rates and their thermodynamic formulations. This approach is consistent with existing theories but also covers additional physico-chemical situations which we suggest are common. Three examples are reviewed: activated atom exchange in solution, activated desorption from a surface and dissociation of clusters, which demonstrate that dynamical manifestations such as selective energy requirements can be observed in many-body systems.
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U2 - 10.1016/0009-2614(88)80437-8
DO - 10.1016/0009-2614(88)80437-8
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AN - SCOPUS:0040528962
SN - 0009-2614
VL - 152
SP - 435
EP - 441
JO - Chemical Physics Letters
JF - Chemical Physics Letters
IS - 6
ER -