Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

Chemical Kinetics and Reaction Rate Processes

Further contributions are invited on master-equation and RRKM analyses of pressure-dependent rate coefficients, quantum tunnelling in hydrogen-transfer reactions, and microcanonical dynamics in unimolecular decay. Sessions may address kinetic isotope effects, branching ratios in radical oxidation chemistry, and the role of pre-reactive complexes and van der Waals intermediates in low-temperature combustion and atmospheric pathways. Attention will be given to enzyme and surface kinetics, induction periods, autocatalysis, oscillatory behaviour, and the coupling of reaction kinetics with heat and mass transfer in real reactors. Presentations may also cover combustion modelling, detailed mechanism reduction, sensitivity and uncertainty analysis, and the construction of predictive kinetic models from high-throughput data. Femtosecond pump–probe, flash photolysis, flow-tube, and mass-spectrometric detection of transient species will be discussed in connection with chemical reactions occurring on microsecond to millisecond timescales, including reactive scattering and crossed molecular-beam studies of elementary steps.