Coulombic Fluids - Bulk and Interfaces

Ionic liquids have attracted considerable interest in recent years. In this book the bulk and interfacial physico-chemical characteristics of various fluid systems dominated by Coulomb interactions are treated which includes molten salts, ionic liquids as well as metal-molten salt mixtures and expanded fluid metals. Of particular interest is the comparison of the different systems. Topics in the bulk phase concern the microscopic structure, the phase behaviour and critical phenomena, and the metal-nonmetal transition. Interfacial phenomena include wetting transitions, electrowetting, surface freezing, and the electrified ionic liquid/ electrode interface. With regard to the latter 2D and 3D electrochemical phase formation of metals and semi-conductors on the nanometer scale is described for a number of selected examples. The basic concepts and various experimental methods are introduced making the book suitable for both graduate students and researchers interested in Coulombic fluids.

List of contents

Introduction.- Liquid metals, molten salts, and ionic liquids.- Bulk peculiarities: metal -
nonmetal (M-NM) transitions.- Interfacial phase transitions.- Electrified ionic liquid/solid interfaces.

Summary

Ionic liquids have attracted considerable interest in recent years. In this book the bulk and interfacial physico-chemical characteristics of various fluid systems dominated by Coulomb interactions are treated which includes molten salts, ionic liquids as well as metal-molten salt mixtures and expanded fluid metals. Of particular interest is the comparison of the different systems. Topics in the bulk phase concern the microscopic structure, the phase behaviour and critical phenomena, and the metal-nonmetal transition. Interfacial phenomena include wetting transitions, electrowetting, surface freezing, and the electrified ionic liquid/ electrode interface. With regard to the latter 2D and 3D electrochemical phase formation of metals and semi-conductors on the nanometer scale is described for a number of selected examples. The basic concepts and various experimental methods are introduced making the book suitable for both graduate students and researchers interested in Coulombic fluids.

Product details

• Authors: Werner Freyland
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.04.2013
• EAN: 9783642267536
• ISBN: 978-3-642-26753-6
• No. of pages: 180
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 238 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 312 g
• Illustrations: XII, 180 p.
• Series: Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences; Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Atomic physics, nuclear physics; B, electrochemistry, Nanotechnology, Physics and Astronomy, Nanoscale Science and Technology, Nanostructures, Nanoscale science, Nanophysics, Nanoscience, Physical Chemistry, Interfaces (Physical sciences), Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films, Surface and Interface and Thin Film, Thin films, Surfaces (Physics), Electrochemistry & magnetochemistry, Amorphous substances, Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics, Complex fluids