Dynamics of self-organized and self-assembled structures / Rashmi C. Desai and Raymond Kapral.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Desai, Rashmi C., author.

Kapral, Raymond, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pattern formation (Physical sciences).

Phase rule and equilibrium.

Dynamics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 328 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Dynamics of Self-Organized & Self-Assembled Structures

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Physical and biological systems driven out of equilibrium may spontaneously evolve to form spatial structures. In some systems molecular constituents may self-assemble to produce complex ordered structures. This book describes how such pattern formation processes occur and how they can be modeled. Experimental observations are used to introduce the diverse systems and phenomena leading to pattern formation. The physical origins of various spatial structures are discussed, and models for their formation are constructed. In contrast to many treatments, pattern-forming processes in nonequilibrium systems are treated in a coherent fashion. The book shows how near-equilibrium and far-from-equilibrium modeling concepts are often combined to describe physical systems. This inter-disciplinary book can form the basis of graduate courses in pattern formation and self-assembly. It is a useful reference for graduate students and researchers in a number of disciplines, including condensed matter science, nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, nonlinear dynamics, chemical biophysics, materials science, and engineering.

Contents:

Self-organized and self-assembled structures

Order parameter, free energy and phase transitions

Free energy functional

Phase separation kinetics

Langevin model for nonconserved order parameter systems

Langevin model for conserved order parameter systems

Interface dynamics at late times

Domain growth and structure factor for model B

Order parameter correlation function

Vector order parameter and topological defects

Liquid crystals

Lifshitz-Slyozov-Wagner theory

Systems with long-range repulsive interactions

Kinetics of systems with competing interactions

Competing interactions and defect dynamics

Diffusively rough interfaces

Morphological instability in solid films

Propagating chemical fronts

Transverse front instabilities

Cubic autocatalytic fronts

Competing interactions and front repulsion

Labyrinthine patterns in chemical systems

Turing patterns

Excitable media

Oscillatory media and complex Ginzburg-Landau equation

Spiral waves and defect turbulence

Complex-oscillatory media

Resonantly-forced oscillatory media

Nonequilibrium patterns in laser-induced melting

Reaction dynamics and phase segregation

Active materials.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-20020-2

1-282-53954-X

9786612539541

0-511-71921-3

0-511-71966-3

0-511-51580-4

0-511-60972-8

0-511-71875-6

0-511-51708-4

OCLC:

609832911