Advances in Chemical Physics, Volume 109

by Prigogine, Ilya; Rice, Stuart A.

• ISBN13: 9780471329206
• ISBN10: 0471329207
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-03-30
• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience

Summary

Volume 109 in the prestigious Advances in Chemical Physics Series, edited by Nobel Prize winner Ilya Prigogine, and renowned authority Stuart A. Rice, continues to report recent advances in every area of the discipline. Significant, up-to-date chapters by internationally recognized researchers present comprehensive analyses of subjects of interest and encourage the expression of individual points of view. This approach to presenting an overview of a subject will both stimulate new research and serve as a personalized learning text for beginners in the field.

Author Biography

Biman Bagchi, Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore India. Ranjit Biswas, Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore India. Ariel A. Chialvo, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN. J. Crain, Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. Peter T. Cummings, Chemical Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN. A. De Wit, Service de Chemie Physique, Centre for Nonlinear Phenomena and Complex Systems, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium. V. Komolkin, Institute of Physics, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg Russia. K. P. Scaife, School of Engineering, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Trinity College, Dublin Ireland.

Table of Contents

On the Theory of the Complex, Frequency-Dependent Susceptibility of Magnetic Fluids	1	(38)
B. K. P. Scaife
Simulating Molecular Properties of Liquid Crystals	39	(76)
J. Crain
A. V. Komolkin
Molecular-Based Modeling of Water and Aqueous Solutions at Supercritical Conditions	115	(92)
Ariel A. Chialvo
Peter T. Cummings
Polar and Nonpolar Solvation Dynamics, Ion Diffusion, and Vibration Relaxation: Role of Biphasic Solvent Response in Chemical Dynamics	207	(228)
Biman Bagchi
Ranjit Biswas
Spatial Patterns and Spatiotemporal Dynamics in Chemical Systems	435	(80)
A. De Wit
Author Index	515	(34)
Subject Index	549