JAHN-TELLER DISTORTIONS: A NEW STRATEGY IN QUANTUM MECHANICS

Abstract

The concepts of the Jahn-Teller effect and vibronic coupling are being applied to more and more systems in both chemistry and physics. Aspects of structural chemistry such as the distortion of the nuclear framework to a lower-symmetry conformation have received an increasing attention, as well as the dynamics on the coupled potential energy surface.

Key words: Quantum mechanics, Vibronic coupling,  Molecular Orbital Theory,  Alfred Jahan,  Edward Teller, Jahan-Teller effect, Electron Spin,  Nano chemistry