PTCP Aim and Scope
Progress in Theoretical Chemistry and Physics
A series reporting advances in theoretical molecular and material sciences, including
theoretical, mathematical and computational chemistry, physical chemistry and chemical
physics and biophysics.
Aim and Scope
Science progresses by a symbiotic interaction between theory and experiment:
theory is used to interpret experimental results and may suggest new experiments;
experiment helps to test theoretical predictions and may lead to improved theories.
Theoretical Chemistry (including Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics) provides the conceptual and technical background and apparatus for the rationalization
of phenomena in the chemical sciences. It is, therefore, a wide ranging subject,
reflecting the diversity of molecular and related species and processes arising in
chemical systems. The book series Progress in Theoretical Chemistry and Physics
aims to report advances in methods and applications in this extended domain. It will
comprise monographs as well as collections of papers on particular themes, which
may arise from proceedings of symposia or invited papers on specific topics as well
as from initiatives from authors or translations.
The basic theories of physics—classical mechanics and electromagnetism, relativity theory, quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics, quantum electrodynamics
—support the theoretical apparatus which is used in molecular sciences. Quantum
mechanics plays a particular role in theoretical chemistry, providing the basis for
the valence theories, which allow to interpret the structure of molecules, and for the
spectroscopic models, employed in the determination of structural information from
spectral patterns. Indeed, Quantum Chemistry often appears synonymous with
Theoretical Chemistry; it will, therefore, constitute a major part of this book series.
However, the scope of the series will also include other areas of theoretical
chemistry, such as mathematical chemistry (which involves the use of algebra and
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