ABSTRACT
The contributed papers represent computational efforts in a wide spectrum of systems and phenomena. The relevance of the reported results extends form atoms and small molecules to biomolecules, clusters and materials. Farantos proposes a new approach to the analysis of molecular reaction pathways and elementary bifurcation tracks of periodic orbits. This point of view opens the way to the rigorous study of highly excited vibrational states. The analysis of Saddle-node bifurcations of periodic orbits is expected to offer new insights into fundamental spectroscopic observations of chemical processes. Fournier presents a new method, Tabu Search in Descriptor Space, for the investigation of potential surfaces of homoatomic clusters. The determination of stable molecular geometries for clusters of some size has attracted particular attention in late years. The study of chemical bonding and basic physicochemical properties of clusters represents a major challenge to fundamental Molecular Science.
