Theory of Molecular Relaxation: Applications in Chemistry and Biology

Francis K Fong Chichester: J Wiley 1975 pp xvii + 314 price £8.25 This book presents a unified theory of molecular relaxation processes based on a Kubo-type formalism and applied to a surprising range of problems: phononassisted vibronic transitions; spin relaxations in rare earth salts; the primary absorption in photosynthesis; 'activated' processes, such as dipolar relaxation in crystals and intramolecular rearrangements in carbonium ions. In the latter case the final formulae look remarkably like Eyring expressions – but without the murky interpretations.