Quantum Physics for Scientists and Technologists: Fundamental Principles and Applications for Biologists, Chemists, Computer Scientists, and Nanotechnologists

INDEX

Absolute temperature

Absolute zero temperature

Absorbance

of electromagnetic radiation

of light by black bodies

Absorption

of EM radiation by molecules

in wave scattering

Absorption IR spectrum

Absorption spectra, molecular motions and

Absorption vibration–rotation spectrum

Abstraction, in quantum mechanics

Acceleration

centripetal

in Newton’s laws of motion

as physical quantity

in spring mass system

tangential

as vector

Acid–base reactions, hydrogen and

Actinides

Action, in Newton’s laws of motion

Action at a distance

Active sites, in enzyme molecules

Adenine (A), in DNA

Adenosine triphosphate (ATP)

Aging, free radical theory of

Air, sound waves in

Alkali metals

electron configuration of

halogens and

valence electron of

Alkaline earth metals

Alpha particles, in Rutherford scattering experiment

Alternating current (ac), from photovoltaic process

Alternative energy sources, photoelectric effect and

American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) standard

Amino acids

Amorphous matter, quantum mechanics of

Ampere (A)

Ampere’s law

Maxwell’s equations and

Amplitude

in a harmonic oscillator

of particle (matter) waves

quantum confinement and

of standing waves

of a wave

wave function and

Anesthetics

Angle

of electrons scattered from a metal surface

in rotational motion

in vector products

Angular equation

solutions of

Angular frequency (ω)

with operators

of traveling and standing waves

with wavegroups/wavepackets

Angular momentum

of atomic electrons

of an electron

Isaac Newton and

magnetic quantum number and

orbital quantum number and ...