Kinetic Theory of Transport Phenomena

爱德华·梅森教授获得了理论与计算化学项目的资助，研究气体输运现象的动力学理论。这项研究为气相离子的输运性质及其与表面的相互作用提供了基本的认识。这样的研究对于进一步加深我们对表面催化和膜运输的理解是重要的。梅森教授将研究五个特定领域的输运现象理论：1)气体中的离子和电子运动，以及离子-原子相互作用；2)磁场对跃迁状态下气体输运的影响，以及气体表面相互作用；3)膜输运；4)气体输运的量子修正；5)致密气体中的输运。这些研究的共同理论基础是玻尔兹曼输运方程。

Professor Edward Mason is supported by a grant from The Theoretical and Computational Chemistry Program to study the kinetic theory of transport phenomena in gases. This research provides a fundamental understanding of transport properties of gas phase ions, and their interactions with surfaces. Such studies are important in furthering our understanding of surface catalysis and membrane transport. Professor Mason will investigate the theory of transport phenomena in five specific areas: 1) ion and electron motion in gases, and ion-atom interactions, 2) magnetic field effects on gas transport in the transition regime, and gas-surface interactions, 3) membrane transport, 4) quantum corrections to gas transport, and 5) transport in dense gases. The common theoretical basis for these studies is the Boltzmann transport equation.