Volume 589

Contents

Nobel special issue of Chemical Physics LettersDavid Clary, Mitchio Okumura, Villy Sundstrom 1

Historical perspective on: Infrared chemiluminescencestudy of the reaction Cl + HI fi HCl + I at enhancedcollision energies [Volume 12, Issue 1, 1 December 1971,Pages 144–149]

L.T. Cowley, D.S. Horne, J.C. Polanyi, J.J. Sloan 2

Reprint of: Infrared chemiluminescence study ofthe reaction Cl + HI fi HCl + I at enhanced collisionenergies

L.T. Cowley, D.S. Horne, J.C. Polanyi 3

Historical perspective on: Transition state theory forcollision complexes: Product translational energydistributions [Volume 12, Issue 4, 15 January 1972,Pages 564–568]

S.A. Safron, N.D. Weinstein, D.R. Herschbach, J.C. Tully 7

Reprint of: Transition state theory for collisioncomplexes: Product translational energy distributions

S.A. Safron, N.D. Weinstein, D.R. Herschbach, J.C. Tully 9

Historical perspective on: Neon interatomic potentialsfrom scattering data and crystalline properties [Volume19, Issue 3, 1 April 1973, Pages 359–362]

J.M. Farrar, Y.T. Lee, V.V. Goldman, M.L. Klein 12

Reprint of: Neon interatomic potentials from scatteringdata and crystalline properties

J.M. Farrar, Y.T. Lee, V.V. Goldman, M.L. Klein 14

Historical perspective on: The role of potassium in thecatalytic synthesis of ammonia [Volume 60, Issue 3,15 January 1979, Pages 391–394]

G. Ertl, M. Weiss, S.B. Lee 17

Reprint of: The role of potassium in the catalytic synthesisof ammonia

G. Ertl, M. Weiss, S.B. Lee 18

Historical perspective on: RRKM reaction rate theory fortransition states of any looseness [Volume 110, Issue 3,28 September 1984, Pages 230–234]

David M. Wardlaw, R.A. Marcus 21

Reprint of: RRKM reaction rate theory for transition statesof any looseness

David M. Wardlaw, R.A. Marcus 23

Historical perspective on: Negative carbon cluster ionbeams: New evidence for the special nature of C60

[Volume 126, Issue 2, 2 May 1986, Pages 215–217]Y. Liu, S.C. O’Brien, Q. Zhang, J.R. Heath, F.K. Tittel,R.F. Curl, H.W. Kroto, R.E. Smalley 26

Reprint of: Negative carbon cluster ion beams: Newevidence for the special nature of C60

Y. Liu, S.C. O’brien, Q. Zhang, J.R. Heath, F.K. Tittel,R.F. Curl, H.W. Kroto, R.E. Smalley 28

Historical perspective on: UPS of buckminsterfullereneand other large clusters of carbon [Volume 139,Issues 3–4, 28 August 1987, Pages 233–238]

S.H. Yang, C.L. Pettiette, J. Conceicao, O. Cheshnovsky,R.E. Smalley 30

Reprint of: UPS of buckminsterfullerene and other largeclusters of carbon

S.H. Yang, C.L. Pettiette, J. Conceicao, O. Cheshnovsky,R.E. Smalley 31

Historical perspective on: A fifth-order perturbationcomparison of electron correlation theories [Volume 157,Issue 6, 26 May 1989, Pages 479–483]

Krishnan Raghavachari 35

Reprint of: A fifth-order perturbation comparison ofelectron correlation theories

Krishnan Raghavachari, Gary W. Trucks, John A. Pople,Martin Head-Gordon 37

Historical perspective on: Femtosecond transition-statespectroscopy of iodine—From strongly bound to repulsivesurface dynamics [Volume 161, Issues 4–5, 22 September1989, Pages 297–302]

R.M. Bowman, M. Dantus, A.H. Zewail,Jennifer L. Herek 41

Reprint of: Femtosecond transition-state spectroscopyof iodine: From strongly bound to repulsive surfacedynamics

R.M. Bowman, M. Dantus, A.H. Zewail 42

Historical perspective on: Second-harmonic generationfrom non-dipolar non-centrosymmetric aromaticcharge-transfer molecules [Volume 172, Issue 6,21 September 1990, Pages 440–444]

I. Ledoux, J. Zyss, J.S. Siegel, J. Brienne, J.-M. Lehn 46

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Reprint of: Second-harmonic generation from non-dipolar non-centrosymmetric aromatic charge-transfermolecules

I. Ledoux, J. Zyss, J.S. Siegel, J. Brienne, J.-M. Lehn 47

Historical perspective on: Quantum yield of chlorine-atom formation in the photodissociation of chlorineperoxide (ClOOCl) at 308 nm [Volume 173, Issue 4, 12October 1990, Pages 310–315]

M.J. Molisada, A.J. Colussi, L.T. Molina, R.N. Schindler,T.-L. Tso 51

Reprint of: Quantum yield of chlorine-atom formation inthe photodissociation of chlorine peroxide (ClOOCl) at308 nm

M.J. Molina, A.J. Colussi, L.T. Molina, R.N. Schindler,T.-L. Tso 52

Historical perspective on: Preparation and UV/visiblespectra of the fullerenes C60 and C70 [Volume 177,Issues 4–5, 1 March 1991, Pages 394–398]

J.P. Hare, H.W. Kroto, R. Taylor 56

Reprint of: Preparation and UV/visible spectra offullerenes C60 and C70

J.P. Hare, H.W. Kroto, R. Taylor 57

Historical perspective on: Ultrafast photoinduced electrontransfer in conducting polymer—buckminsterfullerenecomposites [Volume 213, Issues 3–4, 8 October 1993,Pages 389–394]

B. Kraabel, C.H. Lee, D. McBranch, D. Moses,N.S. Sariciftci, A.J. Heeger 61

Reprint of: Ultrafast photoinduced electron transfer inconducting polymer–buckminsterfullerene composites

B. Kraabel, C.H. Lee, D. McBranch, D. Moses,N.S. Sariciftci, A.J. Heeger 63

Historical perspective on: ‘‘Semiclassical trajectoryapproach to photoisomerisation’’ by A Warshel andM. Karplus [Chem. Phys. Lett. 32 (1) (1975) 11–17]

David C. Clary 67

Reprint of: Semiclassical trajectory approach tophotoisomerization

A. Warshel, M. Karplus 68