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Potential Barriers and Tunneling
Abstract
This document provides students with the opportunity to develop their understanding of the behavior of particles in the presence of finite barriers. Students first examine the behavior of a particle and the wave function before, during, and after interacting with the barrier.
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Upper-Division UndergraduateKeywords (Domain):
Physical ChemistryKeywords (Feature):
JCE SymMath: Symbolic Mathematics in ChemistryKeywords (Pedagogy):
Computer-Based LearningKeywords (Subject):
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This article has been cited by 1 ACS Journal articles (1 most recent appear below).

The Particle Inside a Ring: A Two-Dimensional Quantum Problem Visualized by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
Mark D. EllisonJournal of Chemical Education2008 85 (9), 1282The Particle Inside a Ring: A Two-Dimensional Quantum Problem Visualized by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
Mark D. EllisonJournal of Chemical Education2008 85 (9), 1282The one-dimensional particle-in-a-box model used to introduce quantum mechanics to students suffers from a tenuous connection to a real physical system. This article presents a two-dimensional model, the particle confined within a ring, that directly ...
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- Received: August 03, 2009
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