Band Structure of Molecular Solids

A molecular crystal consists of a individual molecules held together by nonbonded interactions [22]. The fundamental concept that is used in essentially all theories of molecular solids is that there are two quite different types of bonds. There are strong intramolecular bonds that hold together the atoms in 

Two new dynamical processes become possible in the diatomic lattice shown in Fig. 10a as a result of molecular flexibility, as represented by anharmonic coupling between phonons and vibrations. First, a vibrationally 

Molecular crystals under dynamic shock compression 

In this section we discuss how shock compression produces electronic and vibrational excitations that can cause chemical reactions. It is an outline for a theory that connects the fluid-mechanical picture of shock compression to the quantum mechanical picture of chemical reaction dynamics. 

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