Advances in chemical physics. Volume 121, [Special volume in memory of Ilya Prigogine

The Advances in Chemical Physics series provides the chemical physics field with a forum for critical, authoritative evaluations of advances in every area of the discipline. Volume 121 contains the latest research on polymer melts at solid surfaces, infrared lineshapes of weak hydrogen bonds, ab initio quantum molecular dynamics, and many other subjects. ADVANCES IN CHEMICAL PHYSICS VOLUME 121......Page 4 EDITORIAL BOARD......Page 5 CONTRIBUTORS TO VOLUME 121......Page 8 INTRODUCTION......Page 10 CONTENTS......Page 12 ULTRAFAST DYNAMICS AND SPECTROSCOPY OF BACTERIAL PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTERS......Page 14 POLYMER MELTS AT SOLID SURFACES......Page 102 MORPHOLOGY OF SURFACES IN MESOSCOPIC POLYMERS, SURFACTANTS, ELECTRONS, OR REACTION–DIFFUSION SYSTEMS: METHODS, SIMULATIONS, AND MEASUREMENTS......Page 154 INFRARED LINESHAPES OF WEAK HYDROGEN BONDS: RECENT QUANTUM DEVELOPMENTS......Page 254 TWO-CENTER EFFECTS IN IONIZATION BY ION-IMPACT IN HEAVY-PARTICLE COLLISIONS......Page 324 EVOLUTION TIMES OF PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS AND AVERAGES—EXACT SOLUTIONS OF THE KRAMERS’ PROBLEM......Page 370 AB INITIO QUANTUM MOLECULAR DYNAMICS......Page 452 AUTHOR INDEX......Page 526 SUBJECT INDEX......Page 544 Ultrafast dynamics and spectroscopy of bacterial photosynthetic reaction centers -- S.H. Lin ... [et al.] Polymer melts at solid surfaces -- by Arun Yethiraj Morphology of surfaces in mesoscopic polymers, surfactants, electrons, or reaction-diffusion systems : methods, simulations, and measurements -- Aleksij Aksimentiev, Marcin Fialkowski, and Robert Holyst Infrared lineshapes of weak hydrogen bonds : recent quantum developments -- Oliver Henri-Rousseau, Paul Blaise, and Didler Chamma Two-center effects in ionization by ion-impact in heavy-particle collisions -- S.F.C. O'Rourke, D.M. McSherry, and D.S.F. Crothers Evolution times of probability distributions and averages -- exact solutions of the Kramers' Problem -- Askold N. Malakhov and Andrey L. Pankratov Ab Inito quantum molescular dynamics -- Michal Ben-Nun and Todd J. Marti nez.