Intermolecular and Surface Forces

This reference describes the role of various intermolecular and interparticle forces in determining the properties of simple systems such as gases, liquids and solids, with a special focus on more complex colloidal, polymeric and biological systems. The book provides a thorough foundation in theories and concepts of intermolecular forces, allowing researchers and students to recognize which forces are important in any particular system, as well as how to control these forces. This third edition is expanded into three sections and contains five new chapters over the previous edition. It starts from the basics and builds up to more complex systems. It covers all aspects of intermolecular and interparticle forces both at the fundamental and applied levels. It features multidisciplinary approach: bringing together and unifying phenomena from different fields. This new edition has an expanded Part III and new chapters on non-equilibrium (dynamic) interactions, and tribology (friction forces).

ISBN 0123751829   Pages 710 ISBN13 9780123751829 (What's this?)   Volumes 001 Publisher Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc   Weight (grammes) 1338 Imprint Academic Press Inc   Published in San Diego Format Hardback   Height (mm) 235 Publication date 02 Dec 2010   Width (mm) 191 Library of Congress QC173   Spine width (mm) 36 DEWEY 541.226   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC21

		Preface to the Third Edition
		Preface to the Second Edition
		Preface to the First Edition
PART ONE		THE FORCES BETWEEN ATOMS AND MOLECULES		1
1		Historical Perspective		3
1.1		The Four Forces of Nature		3
1.2		Greek and Medieval Notions of Intermolecular Forces		3
1.3		The Seventeenth Century: First Scientific Period		5
1.4		The Eighteenth Century: Confusion, Contradictions, and Controversy		7
1.5		The Nineteenth Century: Continuum versus Molecular Theories		8
1.6		Intermolecular Force-Laws and Interaction Potentials: Long- and Short-Range Forces		9
1.7		First Successful Phenomenological Theories		12
1.8		First Estimates of Molecular Sizes		15
1.9		The Twentieth Century: Understanding Simple Systems		16
1.10		Recent Trends		17
		Problems and Discussion Topics		18
2		Thermodynamic and Statistical Aspects of Intermolecular Forces		23
2.1		The Interaction of Molecules in Free Space and in a Medium		23
2.2		Self-Energy and Pair Potential		25
2.3		The Boltzmann Distribution and the Chemical Potential		26
2.4		The Distribution of Molecules and Particles in Systems at Equilibrium		27
2.5		The Van der Waals Equation of State (EOS)		30
2.6		The Criterion of the Thermal Energy kT for Gauging the Strength of an Interaction		31
2.7		Classification of Forces and Pair Potentials		34
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