US-Argentina Cooperative Research on Energy Transfer in Molecular Interactions

该奖项支持佛罗里达大学的David Micha和阿根廷拉普拉塔大学（INIFTA）的Francisco Fernandez和Eduardo Castro在分子相互作用中的能量转移方面的合作研究。他们将计算分子状态从平动到振动转变过程中的州际跃迁概率和能量转移。研究将涵盖聚合物和固体表面的扩展分子系统。结果将在气体和气固界面，有关燃烧和催化过程有用。这项工作将是互惠互利的：阿根廷人将增加他们在量子分子动力学方面的知识，他们的工作将增加佛罗里达大学在原子-分子碰撞、能量转移和光与多原子系统的相互作用方面正在进行的努力。

This award supports cooperative research on energy transfer in molecular interactions by David Micha at the University of Florida and Francisco Fernandez and Eduardo Castro at University of La Plata (INIFTA) in Argentina. They will calculate the interstate transition probabilities and energy transfer in the shift of molecular states from translational to vibrational. The investigations will cover extended molecular systems in polymers and solid surfaces. The results will be useful in gasses and gas-solid interfaces, relevant to combustion and catalytic processes. The work will be of mutual benefit: the Argentines will increase their knowledge of quantum molecular dynamics and their work will add to the ongoing effort at Florida in atomic-molecular collision energy transfer and the interaction of light with polyatomic systems.