Theoretical Studies on Novel Phenomena in Chemical Kinetics

加州理工学院的鲁道夫·马库斯得到了理论和计算化学项目的支持，该项目开发动力学模型来解释令人费解和无法解释的实验观察，这些观察挑战了我们对自然的理解。正在研究的现象包括：1)大非均相体系中的红外激光选择化学；2)有机/水乳剂中的水上反应；3)变性绿色荧光蛋白的振荡；4)深反相区的快速电子转移。这项研究与绿色化学、大气化学和太阳能转换等社会面临的许多重要问题具有广泛的相关性。作为诺贝尔奖获得者，马库斯教授向各种各样的听众讲授他的研究和其他科学课题。

Rudolph Marcus of the California Institute of Technology is supported by an award from the Theoretical and Computational Chemistry program to develop kinetic models to explain puzzling and unexplained experimental observations that challenge our understanding of nature. The phenomena under study include1) infrared laser-selective chemistry in a large heterogeneous system; 2) "on-water" reactions in organic/water emulsions; 3) oscillations in denaturing green fluorescent protein; 4) rapid electron transfer in the deep-inverted region.The research has broad relevance to many important issues facing society such as green chemistry, atmospheric chemistry, and solar energy conversion. As a Nobel Laureate, Professor Marcus gives lectures on his research and on other scientific subjects to a wide variety of audiences.