Basic Concepts for Simple and Complex Liquids

Klappentext Presenting a unified approach! this book focuses on the theoretical concepts and methods necessary for understanding the physics and chemistry of the fluid state. Important ideas are presented concisely and illustrated with examples from simple molecular liquids and more complex soft condensed matter systems such as polymers! colloids! and liquid crystals. Zusammenfassung This book presents a unified approach to the liquid state. Important ideas are presented in a concise and rigorous manner! and illustrated with examples from both simple molecular liquids and more complex soft condensed matter systems such as polymers! colloids! and liquid crystals. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. An introduction to liquid matter; Part I. Thermodynamics, Structure and Fluctuations: 2. A reminder of thermodynamics; 3. Equilibrium fluctuations; Part II. Phase Transitions: 4. Mean field approaches; 5. Critical fluctuations and scaling; Part III. Interfaces and Inhomogeneous Fluids: 6. Macroscopic description of interfaces; 7. The density functional approach; 8. Curvature and fluctuations; Part IV. Dynamics: 9. Phenomenological description of transport processes; 10. Brownian motion, diffusion and the Langevin equation; 11. Response and correlation functions; 12. Slow relaxations.

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• Authors: Jean-Louis Barrat, Jean-Louis (Universite Lyon I) Hansen Barrat, Jean-Louis Hansen Barrat, Barrat Jean-Louis, Jean-Pierre Hansen, Hansen Jean-Pierre
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.03.2003
• EAN: 9780521789530
• ISBN: 978-0-521-78953-0
• No. of pages: 310
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Astronomy: general, reference works; SCIENCE / Physics / General, Materials / States of matter, Physical Chemistry