Molecular dynamics future research issues

Recently, interesting symmetry effects have been discovered in connection with the quantum kicked rotor (see, e.g., Dittrich and Smilansky (1991a,b), Bliimel and Smilansky (1992), Thaha et al. (1993), Thaha and Bliimel (1994)). The issue concerns the influence of symmetries and their destruction on the localization length of the quantum kicked rotor. Can these symmetry effects be observed in atomic and molecular physics We think that this issue is important and propose the search for the influence of symmetry on the localization length of dynamically localizing systems as an interesting and important topic for future research. Therefore, the purpose of this section is to sketch briefly the essence of these recent discoveries as an incentive for their application in atomic and molecular physics. 

Although two decades have passed since the discovery of SAMs, it is stiU a very active and broad research area that is almost impossible to review comprehensively. The fundamental questions of adsorption, structure, phases, and phase transitions have been thoroughly studied in the past, but still several issues remain unresolved. A large p>art of paesent and future work is aimed at the modification and fictionalization of surfaces by SAMs for different applications, with molecular and biological recognition being the most dynamic. Since SAMs are not so much a specific class of compounds, but rather a very flexible concept with virtually unlimited potential for applications, we expect that the area of SAMs will continue to prosper. 

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