Optical Harmonics in Molecular Systems – Quantum Electrodynamical Theory

1. Prof. Dr. David L. Andrews, School of Chemical Sciences, University of East Anglia, GB Highly respected and has made major interesting contributions in the field. His works are very deep and illuminating. Professor Andrews has also published in condensed matter QED, though not to the same extent. One of his books has gone to a third edition, and another has been reprinted. - Resonance Energy Transfer (Wiley 1999); ISBN 0-471-98732-8 (488 pp., $ 245, DM 355) - Lasers in Chemistry (Springer 3rd edition 1997); ISBN 3-540-61982-8 (232 pp., $ 63, DM 78) - An Introduction to Laser Spectroscopy (Plenum Pub Corp 1995) ISBN 0-306-45203-0 ($91.50) - Applied Laser Spectroscopy (Wiley-VCH 1992) ISBN 0-471-18782-8 (471 pp., $ 175, DM 388) lt. PIV OOP, lt. Wiley-Homepage lieferbar - Perspectives in Modern Chemical Spectroscopy (Springer 1990) ISBN 0-387-522182 ($ 65) 2. Dr. Philip Allcock, Physics Department, University of Bath, GB

BULK MODES Bulk modes in terms of fields Bulk modes in terms of potentials MODEL DIELECTRIC FUNCTIONS Lorentz' classical model for the dielectric function of insulators Drude's classical model for the dielectric function of metals Modelling Dielectric function of a plasma Static dielectric function for a dilute gas of permanent dipoles Debye rotational relaxation Dielectric properties of water Superluminal speeds ZERO-POINT ENERGY OF MODES MODES AT FLAT INTERFACES Modes at a single interface Modes in slab geometry The Casimir effect Metal surfaces Quantum wells FORCES Two molecules with permanent dipole moments One ion and one molecule with permanent dipole moment Two molecules one with and one without permanent dipole moment Two molecules without permanent dipole moments Two ions Three or more polarizable atoms Ineraction between macroscopic objects Interaction between two spheres: limiting results Interaction betweeen two spheres: general results Gernal expression for small separations Cylinders and half-spaces Summation of pair interactions Derivation of the van der Waals equations of state ENERGY AND FORCE Interaction energy at zero temperature Interaction energy at finite temperature Surface energy, method 1: no retardation Surface energy, method 1: retardation Surface energy, method 2: no retardation Surface energy, method 2: retardation Finite temperatures Recent results for metals Adhesion, cohersion, and wetting Finding the pair interactions MODES AT NON-PLANAR INTERFACES Modes at the surface of a sphere Modes at the surface of a cylinder Modes at an edge Modes in a needle (a paraboloid of revolution) DIFFERENT MODE TYPES Polar semiconductors or ionic insulators Metallic systems Characterization of different surface mode types Spatial dispersion Surface roughness The ATR method Earthquakes, rainbow and optical glory COLLOIDS Milk Stability of colloids Formation of the double layer Gouy and Chapman theory Stern's theory of a flat double layer The Zeta-potential Interaction energy and force between