Isomerisation: Don't forget the possibility of enhanced tunnelling! A simple two-state model for the on-resonance and near-resonance behaviour of enhanced tunnelling

Journal of Molecular Structure

Volumn 795, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 84-92

  Yamada, Koichi M T ^a   Ross, Stephen C ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Double minimum potential; Internal rotation; Isomerisation; Large amplitude motion; Tunnel effect

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON RESONANCE; ELECTRON TUNNELING; GROUND STATE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; POTENTIAL ENERGY;

DOUBLE MINIMUM POTENTIALS; INTERNAL ROTATIONS; LARGE AMPLITUDE MOTIONS;

ISOMERIZATION;

EID: 33747179532     PISSN: 00222860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2006.02.021     Document Type: Article

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