?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fd-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu%2F7175%2F&rft.title=A+DRUDE+MODEL+APPROACH+TO+DISPERSION+INTERACTIONS+IN+DIPOLE-BOUND+ANIONS&rft.creator=Wang%2C+Feng&rft.description=The+problem+of+the+binding+of+an+excess+electron+to+polar+molecules+and+their+clusters+with+sufficient+attractive+electrostatic+potential+has+long+fascinated+researchers.+Although+excess+electrons+bound+to+such+attractive+potential+tend+to+be+very+extended+spatially+and+to+have+little+spatial+overlap+with+the+valence+electrons+of+the+neutral+molecules%2C+inclusion+of+electron+correlation+effects+is+essential+for+quantitatively+describing+the+electron+binding.+The+major+electron+correlation+contribution+may+be+viewed+as+a+dispersion+interaction+between+the+excess+electron+and+the+electrons+of+the+molecule+or+cluster.+Intrigued+by+the+success+of+classical+Drude+model+treatment+of+neutral+atoms+or+molecules%2C+a+new+one-electron+model+based+on+Drude+oscillator+was+introduced%2C+and+its+application+on+HCN-%2C+(HCN)2-%2C+HNC-%2C+(HNC)2-+and+(H2O)n-+was+studied.+The+newly+developed+water+potential+is+used+in+carrying+out+parallel-tempering+Monte-Carlo+simulations+of+the+(H2O)6-+cluster.&rft.date=2003-09-25&rft.type=University+of+Pittsburgh+ETD&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fd-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu%2F7175%2F1%2Ffengwangetd2003.pdf&rft.identifier=++Wang%2C+Feng++(2003)+A+DRUDE+MODEL+APPROACH+TO+DISPERSION+INTERACTIONS+IN+DIPOLE-BOUND+ANIONS.++Doctoral+Dissertation%2C+University+of+Pittsburgh.++++(Unpublished)++