Titre : | Statistical thermodynamics of surfaces, interfaces, and membranes | Type de document : | document imprimé | Auteurs : | S. A. Safran, Auteur ; I. Rehovot, Auteur | Editeur : | Boulder, CO : Westview Press | Année de publication : | 2003 | Collection : | Frontiers in physics | Importance : | 296 p. | ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 0-8133-4079-9 | Note générale : | Paperback
| Langues : | Français (fre) | Index. décimale : | 05.70 Thermodynamics | Résumé : | Understanding the structural and thermodynamic properties of surfaces, interfaces and membranes is important for both fundamental and practical reasons. This text introduces the reader to several theoretical methods that are useful in applications of statistical mechanics to materials. Table des matières : Mixtures and Interfaces: Complex Materials and Interfaces; Review of Classical Statistical Mechanics; Phase Separation in Binary Mixtures; Differential Geometry of Surfaces; Review of Hydrodynamics. Interfacial Tension: Free Energy of Surfaces and Interfaces; Surface/Interfacial Tension Theory; Surface-Active Agents. Fluctuations of Interfaces: Free Energy of a Fluctuating Interface; Thermal Fluctuations of Interfaces; Capillary Instabilities of Interfaces; Roughening Transition of Solid Surfaces. Wetting of Interfaces: Equilibrium; Long-Range Interactions - Macroscopic Theory; Fluctuations of the Contact Line; Equilibrium - Microscopic Description; Dynamics of Wetting. Interactions of Rigid Interfaces: Molecular Interactions; Van der Waals Interaction Energies; Continuum Theory of Van der Waals Forces; Electrostatic Interactions; Solute-Induced Interactions. Flexible Interfaces: Fluid Membranes and Surfactants; Curvature Elasticity of Fluid Membranes; Curvature Moduli Fluctuations of Fluid Membranes; Interactions of Fluid Membranes. Colloidal Dispersions: Dispersions of Interacting Particles; Colloid Interactions - DLVO Theory; Long-Range Electrostatic Interactions; Steric Interactions - Polymer Adsorption Structure of Colloidal Aggregates. Self-Absorbing Interfaces: Micelles; Vesicles; Microemulsions; Spongelike and Bicontinuous Phases.
| Note de contenu : | Réimpression de la 1ère édition de 1994
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Statistical thermodynamics of surfaces, interfaces, and membranes [document imprimé] / S. A. Safran, Auteur ; I. Rehovot, Auteur . - Westview Press, 2003 . - 296 p.. - ( Frontiers in physics) . ISBN : 0-8133-4079-9 Paperback
Langues : Français ( fre) Index. décimale : | 05.70 Thermodynamics | Résumé : | Understanding the structural and thermodynamic properties of surfaces, interfaces and membranes is important for both fundamental and practical reasons. This text introduces the reader to several theoretical methods that are useful in applications of statistical mechanics to materials. Table des matières : Mixtures and Interfaces: Complex Materials and Interfaces; Review of Classical Statistical Mechanics; Phase Separation in Binary Mixtures; Differential Geometry of Surfaces; Review of Hydrodynamics. Interfacial Tension: Free Energy of Surfaces and Interfaces; Surface/Interfacial Tension Theory; Surface-Active Agents. Fluctuations of Interfaces: Free Energy of a Fluctuating Interface; Thermal Fluctuations of Interfaces; Capillary Instabilities of Interfaces; Roughening Transition of Solid Surfaces. Wetting of Interfaces: Equilibrium; Long-Range Interactions - Macroscopic Theory; Fluctuations of the Contact Line; Equilibrium - Microscopic Description; Dynamics of Wetting. Interactions of Rigid Interfaces: Molecular Interactions; Van der Waals Interaction Energies; Continuum Theory of Van der Waals Forces; Electrostatic Interactions; Solute-Induced Interactions. Flexible Interfaces: Fluid Membranes and Surfactants; Curvature Elasticity of Fluid Membranes; Curvature Moduli Fluctuations of Fluid Membranes; Interactions of Fluid Membranes. Colloidal Dispersions: Dispersions of Interacting Particles; Colloid Interactions - DLVO Theory; Long-Range Electrostatic Interactions; Steric Interactions - Polymer Adsorption Structure of Colloidal Aggregates. Self-Absorbing Interfaces: Micelles; Vesicles; Microemulsions; Spongelike and Bicontinuous Phases.
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