"Relativistic Methods for Chemists", written by a highly qualified team
of authors, is targeted at both experimentalists and theoreticians
interested in the area of relativistic effects in atomic and molecular
systems and processes and in their consequences for the interpretation
of the heavy element's chemistry.
The theoretical part of the book focuses on the relativistic methods for
molecular calculations discussing relativistic two-component theory,
density functional theory, pseudopotentials and correlations. The
experimentally oriented chapters describe the use of relativistic
methods in different applications focusing on the design of new
materials based on heavy element compounds, the role of the spin-orbit
coupling in photochemistry and photobiology, and chirality and its
relations to relativistic description of matter and radiation.
This book is written at an intermediate level in order to appeal to a
broader audience than just experts working in the field of relativistic
theory.