Preface
The electrical properties of molecules and molecular complexes are the subject of a
close attention up today. While the multipole electric moments have studied good
enough, any information about the polarizabilities, especially higher polarizabilities, is quite scarce. At the same time, these interaction-induced properties play
often the key role to understand many physical and chemical properties of interacting molecules or atoms. The knowledge of such interactions is important for lot
of applications in science and engineering. This small book summarizes mainly the
researches carried out last decade by group of Tomsk State University and devoted
to interaction-induced electrical properties (multipole moments, (higher)polarizabilities) of van der Waals complexes. We hope that this short survey gives useful
contribution to the theory of molecular interactions to be applied for modeling of
different physical chemical properties of interacting species, for describing the
long-range potential energy surfaces and the surfaces of some electrical properties
of van der Waals complexes.
We want to express our appreciation to one of the authors of the book, to Dr.
Mikhail Buldakov, who being the talented experimentalist was also often as a
mover for many of theoretical researches discussed in the book. Unfortunately, he
passed away when the book was still far to be finished. But the main ideas of the
book were agreed with him. Moreover, we did not consider it possible to do large
changes in the texts of original papers which were used to be included to the book
because the results underlying these articles have been suffered in the heated
arguments with him and bear his spirit.
Also, we thank Dr. Natalia Zvereva-Loëte and Dr. Vincent Boudon for joint
efficient researches of the interaction energies, dipole moments, and polarizabilities
of the van der Waals complexes CH 4 –N 2 and C 2 H 4 –C 2 H 4 , the results of which were
also used in the book.
Tomsk, Russia
Victor N. Cherepanov
Yulia N. Kalugina
v
The electrical properties of molecules and molecular complexes are the subject of a
close attention up today. While the multipole electric moments have studied good
enough, any information about the polarizabilities, especially higher polarizabilities, is quite scarce. At the same time, these interaction-induced properties play
often the key role to understand many physical and chemical properties of interacting molecules or atoms. The knowledge of such interactions is important for lot
of applications in science and engineering. This small book summarizes mainly the
researches carried out last decade by group of Tomsk State University and devoted
to interaction-induced electrical properties (multipole moments, (higher)polarizabilities) of van der Waals complexes. We hope that this short survey gives useful
contribution to the theory of molecular interactions to be applied for modeling of
different physical chemical properties of interacting species, for describing the
long-range potential energy surfaces and the surfaces of some electrical properties
of van der Waals complexes.
We want to express our appreciation to one of the authors of the book, to Dr.
Mikhail Buldakov, who being the talented experimentalist was also often as a
mover for many of theoretical researches discussed in the book. Unfortunately, he
passed away when the book was still far to be finished. But the main ideas of the
book were agreed with him. Moreover, we did not consider it possible to do large
changes in the texts of original papers which were used to be included to the book
because the results underlying these articles have been suffered in the heated
arguments with him and bear his spirit.
Also, we thank Dr. Natalia Zvereva-Loëte and Dr. Vincent Boudon for joint
efficient researches of the interaction energies, dipole moments, and polarizabilities
of the van der Waals complexes CH 4 –N 2 and C 2 H 4 –C 2 H 4 , the results of which were
also used in the book.
Tomsk, Russia
Victor N. Cherepanov
Yulia N. Kalugina
v