PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY FOR BEGINNERS.

Chemistry for Beginners

Physical Chemistry

The approaches range from theoretical studies – including statistical physics of non-equilibrium systems – to the organic synthesis of molecules and macromolecules, and they include many experimental studies on biological and biomimetic systems in which the parameters can be changed. A variety of microscopical techniques are used such as optical, multiphoton, electron and atomic force microscop...

Nanografting for surface physical chemistry.

This article reveals the enabling aspects of nanografting (an atomic force microscopy-based lithography technique) in surface physical chemistry. First, we characterize self-assembled monolayers and multilayers using nanografting to place unknown molecules into a matrix with known structure or vice versa. The availability of an internal standard in situ allows the unknown structures to be image...

Quantum computing for beginners

The paper introduces the basic concepts and principles behind quantum computing and examines in detail Shor’s quantum algorithm for factoring very large numbers. Some basic methodological principles and guidelines for constructing quantum algorithms are stated. The aim is not to provide a formal exposition of quantum computing but to identify its novelty and potential use in tackling NP-hard pr...

Biotechnology for Beginners