Correlations and Connectivity [electronic resource] : Geometric Aspects of Physics, Chemistry and Biology /

Course 1: Correlations &: Connectivity in Condensed Matter Physics -- Physics & Geometry: The Theory of Finite Size Scaling -- Correlations in Thermal & Geometrical Systems -- Damage Spreading: The Ising Model & Spin Glasses -- Damage Spreading: The Search for Multifractality & Multiscaling -- Lattice Gas Automata -- On the Power Laws at the Fractal to Euclidean Crossover -- Dynamics of Interface Growth: Numerical Solution of a Continuum Equation -- Growth Models for Rough Surfaces with Correlated Noise -- The Physics of Powders -- Space-Filling Bearings -- Vortex-Antivortex Pairing of Holes in Frustrated XY Spin Systems -- Course 2: Correlations & Connectivity in Liquids & Glasses -- Relaxation, Glass Formation, Nucleation & Rupture—in Normal & “Water-Like” Liquids at Low Temperatures and/or Negative Pressures -- The Arrhenius Law versus the Vogel Law -- Liquid Water: Theory & Experiment -- Hydrogen Bond Structures in Water & Ice -- Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Liquid Water -- Dynamics of the Hydrogen-Bond Network in Simulated Liquid Water -- Dynamics of Confined Water -- Molecules & Microstructures -- Phase Transitions & Pattern Formation in Monolayers -- Course 3: Correlations & Connectivity in Biologically-Relevant Systems -- Gelation Transition versus Percolation Theory -- Emergence of Biological Function in the Framework of a Percolation Model -- Hydration, Protons, & Onset of Biological Function: A Percolation Approach -- Anhydrous Biology & Glass Transitions -- Protein Hydration, Protonic Percolation & Connectivity -- Heterochrony as a Generalizable Principle in Biological Dynamics -- Seminars: Correlations &: Connectivity in Physics, Chemistry & Biology -- Breath Figures -- Defects in Lamellar Phases of Amphiphile-Water Systems -- Spatial & Temporal Correlations in Surface Reactions -- Quantitative Experiments & Theoretical Aspects in Electrodeposition without a Supporting Electrolyte -- Properties of the Growth Probability Distribution of DLA in a Cylindrical Geometry -- Fixed-Scale Transformation Approach to Fractal Growth in Three Dimensions -- Multifractal Spectra of Large-Scale Oil-Reservoir Properties -- Universally Correlated Scale-Invariant Sidebranching in Propagation of a Two-Dimensional Cracking Growth -- Elasticity of Rigid Networks -- Geometrical Properties of Clusters, Percolation Transitions & the Ising Singularity -- A Lattice Boltzmann Scheme for the Burger Equation -- Scaling in Apollonian Gaskets -- Screening in Liquid Water -- List of Participants.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Stanley, H. Eugene. editor., Ostrowsky, Nicole. editor., SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	Texto biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1990
Subjects:	Physics., Physical chemistry., Biochemistry., Biophysics., Biological physics., Statistical physics., Dynamical systems., Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity., Physical Chemistry., Biophysics and Biological Physics., Biochemistry, general.,
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2157-3
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