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"All chapters in this volume have been written by R.F. Khairutdinov, K.I. Zamaraev, V.P. Zhdanov"--P. viii.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Tunneling phenomena in physics and chemistry -- The theory of the elementary act of electron tunneling reactions in condensed media -- Macroscopic kinetics of electron tunneling reactions in condensed media -- Methodology of studying electron tunneling reactions -- Tunneling reactions of trapped electrons -- Electron tunneling in reactions of particles other than e⁻tr -- Electron tunneling in biological systems -- Electron tunneling in artificial organized molecular structures.

In Volume 30, an attempt is made to consider comprehensively both theoretical and experimental data that have been obtained to date on electron tunneling reactions involving chemical compounds of various classes, and to discuss the role played by these reactions in different areas of chemistry. The discussion of the above problem is preceded by a review of data on tunneling phenomena in nuclear physics, atomic physics, solid-state physics, as well as on the tunneling effects in chemistry that go beyond the framework of the main subject of this monograph. This review is included to acquaint the reader with the role of tunneling phenomena in physics and chemistry as a whole, to show how diversified the kingdom of tunneling phenomena is, and to see more distinctly the similarities and the differences between electron tunneling in chemical reactions and other tunnel phenomena.

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