Preface
This volume collects 16 selected papers from the scientific contributions presented
at the Twenty-Third International Workshop on Quantum Systems in Chemistry,
Physics, and Biology (QSCP-XXIII), organized by Pr Liliana Mammino from the
University of Venda at Mopani Camp, Kruger National Park, South Africa, on
September 23–29, 2018. Close to 70 scientists from 15 countries attended this
meeting. The participants discussed the state of the art, new trends, and future
evolution of methods in molecular quantum mechanics and their applications to a
broad variety of problems in chemistry, physics, and biology.
The high-level attendance attained in this conference was particularly gratifying.
It is the renowned interdisciplinary nature and friendly feeling of QSCP meetings
that make them so successful discussion forums.
The workshop took place at Mopani Camp, one of the coziest of the nine camps
in Kruger National Park and the closest to the Phalaborwa airport gate. From the
large balcony of the restaurant one could watch, after the talks, a crocodile or a
hippopotamus freely swimming, or a giraffe or elephant herd coming to drink in
nearby waters. The Kruger National Park, which became South Africa’s first
national park in 1926, is one of the largest game reserves in Africa, extending over
360 km from North to South and 65 km from West to East. It is located in the west
of Mozambique and south of Zimbabwe and is part of the Kruger to Canyons
International Man and Biosphere UNESCO Reserve.
Details of the Kruger Park meeting, including the scientific and social programs,
can be found on the web site: https://sites.google.com/view/qscp-2018. Altogether,
there were 12 morning and afternoon sessions, where 28 plenary lectures and
invited talks were given, and three evening poster sessions, with 18 posters being
displayed. We are grateful to all the participants for making the QSCP-XXIII
workshop a stimulating experience and a great success.
QSCP-XXIII followed the traditions established at previous workshops:
QSCP-I, organized by Roy McWeeny in 1996 at San Miniato (Pisa, Italy);
QSCP-II, by Stephen Wilson in 1997 at Oxford (England);
QSCP-III, by Alfonso Hernandez-Laguna in 1998 at Granada (Spain);
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This volume collects 16 selected papers from the scientific contributions presented
at the Twenty-Third International Workshop on Quantum Systems in Chemistry,
Physics, and Biology (QSCP-XXIII), organized by Pr Liliana Mammino from the
University of Venda at Mopani Camp, Kruger National Park, South Africa, on
September 23–29, 2018. Close to 70 scientists from 15 countries attended this
meeting. The participants discussed the state of the art, new trends, and future
evolution of methods in molecular quantum mechanics and their applications to a
broad variety of problems in chemistry, physics, and biology.
The high-level attendance attained in this conference was particularly gratifying.
It is the renowned interdisciplinary nature and friendly feeling of QSCP meetings
that make them so successful discussion forums.
The workshop took place at Mopani Camp, one of the coziest of the nine camps
in Kruger National Park and the closest to the Phalaborwa airport gate. From the
large balcony of the restaurant one could watch, after the talks, a crocodile or a
hippopotamus freely swimming, or a giraffe or elephant herd coming to drink in
nearby waters. The Kruger National Park, which became South Africa’s first
national park in 1926, is one of the largest game reserves in Africa, extending over
360 km from North to South and 65 km from West to East. It is located in the west
of Mozambique and south of Zimbabwe and is part of the Kruger to Canyons
International Man and Biosphere UNESCO Reserve.
Details of the Kruger Park meeting, including the scientific and social programs,
can be found on the web site: https://sites.google.com/view/qscp-2018. Altogether,
there were 12 morning and afternoon sessions, where 28 plenary lectures and
invited talks were given, and three evening poster sessions, with 18 posters being
displayed. We are grateful to all the participants for making the QSCP-XXIII
workshop a stimulating experience and a great success.
QSCP-XXIII followed the traditions established at previous workshops:
QSCP-I, organized by Roy McWeeny in 1996 at San Miniato (Pisa, Italy);
QSCP-II, by Stephen Wilson in 1997 at Oxford (England);
QSCP-III, by Alfonso Hernandez-Laguna in 1998 at Granada (Spain);
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