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In some cases, e.g., the Hg/NaF q interface, Q is charge dependent but concentration independent. Then it is said that there is no specific ionic adsorption. In order to interpret the charge dependence of Q a standard explanation consists in assuming that Q is related to the existence of a solvent monolayer in contact with the wall [16]. From a theoretical point of view this monolayer is postulated as a subsystem coupled with the metal and the solution via electrostatic and non-electrostatic interactions. The specific shape of Q versus a results from the competition between these interactions and the interactions between solvent molecules in the mono-layer. This description of the electrical double layer has been revisited by... 

The non-electrostatic interaction between a solid metal and the constituents in solution (water, ions, etc.) will not be the same as that for mercury. 

The same ideas may be applied to the other processes of Fig. 1. The work required to dissociate a diatomic molecule into two electricallt/ neutral atoms may he quite small the dissociation energy of the bromine molecule Br2 in a vacuum, for example, is only 1.915 electron-volts. On the other hand, the work to dissociate a molecule into two atomic ions in a vacuum cannot be as small as this, since work must be done to set up the full electrostatic field of the positive ion, and the full electrostatic field of the negative ion and this must amount to at least a few electron-volts.1 In addition, the non-electrostatic forces may make a small or large contribution. 

Kds are the constants of rates of chemical reactions of oxygen adsorption and desorbtion from ZnO film and Aq are electron work function from ZnO before oxygen gets adsorbed and its variation caused by dipole moment of adsorbed complexes being formed U is the adsorption activation energy of non-electrostatic nature [ M] is the concentration of solvent molecules. Apparently we can write down the following expression for the stationary system ... 

For the first non electrostatic term, such a dependence can be calculated from the classical Flory theory and the value of the theta temperature of unhydrolyzed polyacrylamide ( 0 = 265°K (22))... 

Some of the physical effects that must be included in the non-electrostatic term are ... 

When the non-electrostatic terms are semiempirical, they also make up in an average way for systematic deficiencies in the treatment of electrostatics, e.g., for the truncation of the distributed multipole representation of the solute charge density at the monopole term on each center. 

Non-electrostatic terms, comprising the solvent-solvent cavity term and solute-solvent van der Waals term, may be linearly related to solvent-accessible surface area (SA)... 

Abstract This chapter reviews the theoretical background for continuum models of solvation, recent advances in their implementation, and illustrative examples of their use. Continuum models are the most efficient way to include condensed-phase effects into quantum mechanical calculations, and this is typically accomplished by the using self-consistent reaction field (SCRF) approach for the electrostatic component. This approach does not automatically include the non-electrostatic component of solvation, and we review various approaches for including that aspect. The performance of various models is compared for a number of applications, with emphasis on heterocyclic tautomeric equilibria because they have been the subject of the widest variety of studies. For nonequilibrium applications, e.g., dynamics and spectroscopy, one must consider the various time scales of the solvation process and the dynamical process under consideration, and the final section of the review discusses these issues. 

The present chapter thus provides an overview of the current status of continuum models of solvation. We review available continuum models and computational techniques implementing such models for both electrostatic and non-electrostatic components of the free energy of solvation. We then consider a number of case studies, with particular focus on the prediction of heterocyclic tautomeric equilibria. In the discussion of the latter we center attention on the subtleties of actual chemical systems and some of the dangers of applying continuum models uncritically. We hope the reader will emerge with a balanced appreciation of the power and limitations of these methods. 

Section 2 presents a review of the theory underlying self-consistent continuum models, with section 2.1 devoted to electrostatics and section 2.2 devoted to the incorporation of non-electrostatic effects into continuum solvation... 

Classification of continuum models that include both electrostatic and non-electrostatic contributions. 

This section will focus on the application of dielectric continuum models to equilibria like those described above. A special effort will be made to highlight investigations that compared two or more solvation models. We emphasize that some care must be taken to distinguish the degree to which different continuum models have been extended to account for non-electrostatic effects, since these effects may certainly play a large role in some of the equilibria under discussion. Those continuum models that consider only electrostatics are of limited applicability unless non-electrostatic effects cancel for all equilibrium contributors. 

Using the PCM8/ST model, Orozco et al. [207] arrive at values similar to those found by the SMx models. Interestingly, in this case it is the AMI-based model that is more accurate than the PM3-based one. This illustrates the subtle balancing that goes into the parameterization of models that include electrostatic and non-electrostatic effects simultaneously. 

One point of particular interest is that it is not clear from the electrostatics-only models whether non-electrostatic phenomena affect the aqueous tautomeric equilibria. For instance, the DO results of Wong et al. [297] would suggest there are differentiating non-electrostatic phenomena, while the results of Young et al. [195] for a multipole expansion in a spherical cavity suggest that there are not. Since the SMI, SM2, and SM3 GB/ST models use Mulliken charges rather than... 

CM1 charges in the calculation of AGenp, corrections for charge inadequacies appear in G " )s and it is not possible to separate the electrostatic and non-electrostatic components of the free energy of solvation. 

AG is free energy for non electrostatic term. Therefore, the rate constant for a reaction between ions... 

Polyelectrolytes. The most striking feature of polyelectrolytes is that due to the electrostatic repulsion between the segments, the formation of thick adsorbed layers is prevented. Polyelectrolytes tend to adsorb in rather flat conformations. If adsorbent and polyelectrolyte bear opposite charges, this attraction can be of an electric (coulombic) nature if the charges have the same sign, adsorption takes place only if the non-electrostatic attraction outweighs the electrostatic repulsion (Lyklema, 1985). 

Statistical Thermodynamic Approach. Helgeson (y) has described the dissociation for complexes (such as for NH.,OH ". NH + OH ) in terms of two functions - an electrostatic temperature function and a non-electrostatic (dielectric) temperature function. The following equation has been suggested to obtain AGT for the dissociation of complexes in solution ... 

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