quantum chemistry
Subatomic bonding theory
Quantum chemistry applies quantum mechanics to chemical systems, using mathematical models to describe how electrons behave in atoms and molecules.
It explains chemical bonding, molecular structure, and reaction mechanisms at the subatomic level.
The field bridges theoretical physics and practical chemistry, enabling predictions about molecular properties and chemical behavior: Quantum chemistry calculations can predict a drug molecule's binding affinity before it's synthesized.
- Schrödinger equationGoverns quantum state evolution
- wave functionQuantum system's complete description
- spectroscopyStudy of light-matter interaction
- ab initioFrom the beginning
- electrochemistryStudy of current-reaction interplay
radiochemistry · valence · energy levels · tunneling · orbitals · hybridization · computational · spin · entanglement · superposition · Heisenberg · delocalization · photochemistry · transition · atomic structure · Pauling · atomic orbitals · ligand field theory
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