Jan C.A. Boeyens / John F. Ogilvie (eds.)

Models, Mysteries, and Magic of Molecules

Herausgegeben von Boeyens, Jan C. A.; Ogilvie, J. F.

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Produktbeschreibung

The Indaba 5 meeting, held in South Africa during August 2006, examined the progress being made to achieve first-principle understanding of molecular science and confirmed the need to better understand the mysteries and magic of molecules. This book explores the common ground to guide chemists, biologists, crystallographers, spectroscopists and theorists towards painting a holistic picture of scientific endeavor. Molecular behaviour, which is no less than magical, holds the key to the understanding, not only of chemistry, but of all biology and of life itself. It is a mystery why molecular behaviour should remain poorly understood and why the authoritative theories of physics have produced no more than superficial models to elucidate this vital issue.
An interdisciplinary international team of experts came together to document and to probe various aspects of these fundamental questions and their startling conclusions confirm the need for a fresh look at the physical sciences with a view to better understand the mysteries and magic of molecules. This book explores the common ground to guide chemists, biologists, crystallographers, spectroscopists and theorists into a deeper recognition of their individual relevance towards painting a holistic picture of scientific endeavour. This effort to stimulate interest in multidisciplinary research is rare, if not unique.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Netherlands
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 11950912
• 2008
• Seitenzahl: 528
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. November 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 895g
• ISBN-13: 9781402059407
• ISBN-10: 140205940X
• Artikelnr.: 22565113

Autorenporträt

Jan C.A. Boeyens, University of Pretoria, South Africa / John F. Ogilvie, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica

Inhaltsangabe

PREFACE I. METHODS

RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY: THE BIOMOLECULAR DETECTION OF LIFE IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS Howell G.M. Edwards and Michael D. Hargreaves SINGLE-CRYSTAL X-RAY DIFFRACTION STUDIES OF PHOTO-INDUCED MOLECULAR SPECIES
Jacqueline M. Cole MOLECULAR CONFORMATION AND CRYSTAL LATTICE ENERGY FACTORS IN CONFORMATIONAL POLYMORPHS
Ashwini Nangia HOW GUESTS SETTLE AND PLAN THEIR ESCAPE ROUTE IN A CRYSTAL --STRUCTURAL METRICS OF SOLVATION AND DESOLVATION FOR INORGANIC DIOLS
Alessia Bacchi STRUCTURAL DETERMINATION OF UNSTABLE SPECIES Yuji Ohashi II. MYSTERIES IS POLYMORPHISM CAUSED BY MOLECULAR CONFORMATIONAL CHANGES?
Ivan Bernal CRYSTALLINE AMINO ACIDS - A LINK BETWEEN CHEMISTRY, MATERIALS SCIENCE AND BIOLOGYElena Boldyreva UNRAVELLING THE CHEMICAL BASIS OF THE BATHOCHROMIC SHIFT OF THE LOBSTER CARAPACE CAROTENOPROTEIN CRUSTACYANIN
John R. Helliwell and Madeleine Helliwell TINY STRUCTURAL FEATURES AND THEIR GIANT CONSEQUENCES FOR PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS
Andrzej Katrusiak POLYMORPHISM IN LONG-CHAIN N-ALKYLAMMONIUM HALIDES
Gert Kruger, Dave Billing and Melanie Rademeyer III. MAGIC MYSTERIOUS CRYSTALLOGRAPHY: FROM SNOW AKE TO VIRUS
Aloysio Janner CLUSTERS IN F-PHASE ICOSAHEDRAL QUASICRYSTALS
Zorka Papadopolos, Oliver Groening and Roland Widmer PROTEIN-PROTEIN INTERACTIONS IN THE CYANOBACTERIAL KaiABC CIRCADIAN CLOCK
Martin Egli, Rekha Pattanayek, Sabuj Pattanayek PROTEIN-PROTEIN DOCKING USING THREE-DIMENSIONAL REDUCED REPRESENTATIONS AND BASED ON A GENETIC ALGORITHM
A. Becue, N. Meurice, L. Leherte, and D.P. VercauterenTROPOLONE AS NEUTRAL COMPOUND AND LIGAND IN PALLADIUM COMPLEXES
G. Steyl and A. RoodtIV. MODELS THEORETICALAND EXPERIMENTAL MODELS OF MOLECULES ILLUSTRATED WITH2 2 QUANTUM-CHEMICAL CALCULATIONS OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE OF H CN ISOMERS
J. F. Ogilvie and Feng Wang RECURRENT COMPLEX MODULES INSTEAD OF MOLECULES IN NON-MOLECULAR COMPOUNDS - DESCRIBING AND MODELLING MODULAR INORGANIC STRUCTURES
Giovanni Ferraris and Marcella CadoniMODELS FOR ISOMERIC BISPIDINE COMPLEXES - ACCURATE PREDICTION VERSUS THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING
Peter Comba and Marion KerscherTHE LIGAND-FIELD PARADIGM: INSIGHT INTO ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES OF TRANSITION-METAL COMPLEXES BASED ON CALCULATIONS OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE
M. Atanasov, P Comba , C A Daul and F NeeseTHE HOLISTIC MOLECULE
J C A Boeyens

Rezensionen

From the reviews: "A book that will probably appeal more to chemists ... is the result of an International Union of Crystallography Indaba workshop held in South Africa in August 2008. ... The book is nicely divided into four sections, Methods, Mysteries, Magic, and Models, each with five chapters. ... starts with a detailed, nicely illustrated, Raman spectroscopy study of life in extreme environments." (Gary L. Long and Fernande Grandjean, Belgian Physical Society Magazine, Issue 1, 2010)