Phases of Matter and their Transitions: Concepts and Principles for Chemists, Physicists, Engineers, and Materials Scientists

ISBN-13: 9783527350315 / Twarda / 2023 / 500 str.

G de With

Spis treści

IntroductionClassical MechanicsQuantum MechanicsIntermolecular InteractionsContinuum MechanicsMacroscopic ThermodynamicsMicroscopic ThermodynamicsGasesLiquidsSolidsSurfacesPhase Transitions: General AspectsDiscontinuous Transitions: Gases <-> LiquidsDiscontinuous Transitions: Liquids <-> SolidsContinuous TransitionsLiquid crystalsFerroelectricsGlasses and the Glass TransitionReturn to Equilibrium and IrreversibilityAPPENDIXUnits, Constants, Conversion FactorsGuide to Mathematics UsedElements of Special Relativity TheoryThe Lattice Gas ModelElements of ElectrostaticsElements of Probability and StatisticsAnswers to Selected Problems

O autorze

Gijsbertus de With is Professor of Materials Science at Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands). After graduating from Utrecht University and receiving his PhD at Twente University, he joined Philips Research Laboratories in Eindhoven in 1977. In 1985 he was appointed part-time professor to become in 1995 full professor at Eindhoven. His research interests include structure and interfacial phenomena related to the chemical and thermomechanical behavior of multi-phase materials, resulting in about 350 (co)-authored papers and about 15 patents. Throughout he cooperated with other researchers from academia and industry, co-founded and co-organized the annual conference Coating Science International during 2004-2014 and published three books.