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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300428103321

Autore

Lupichev Lev N

Titolo

Synergetics of Molecular Systems / / by Lev N. Lupichev, Alexander V. Savin, Vasiliy N. Kadantsev

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-08195-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Collana

Springer Series in Synergetics, , 0172-7389

Disciplina

003.75

Soggetti

Statistical physics

Biophysics

Amorphous substances

Complex fluids

Chemistry, Physical and theoretical

Polymers

Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory

Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics

Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics

Theoretical and Computational Chemistry

Polymer Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Acoustic Solitons -- Topological Solitons -- Localized Nonlinear Vibrations -- Ratchets -- Solitons in Polymer Systems -- Autolocalization of Quantum particles -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Synergetics is the quantitative study of multicomponent systems that exhibit nonlinear dynamics and cooperativity. This book specifically considers basic models of the nonlinear dynamics of molecular systems and discusses relevant applications in biological physics and the polymer sciences. Emphasis is placed on specific solutions to the dynamical equations that correspond to the coherent formation of spatial-temporal structures, such as solitons, kinks and breathers, in particular. The emergence of these patterns in molecular structures



provides a variety of information on their structural properties and plays a significant part in energy transfer processes, topological defects, dislocations, and related structure transitions. Real media, in which solitons take the form of solitary waves, are also considered. In this context, the formation of nonlinear waves in a continuous medium described by nonlinear equations is associated with spontaneous breaking of the local symmetry of the homogeneous system, which produces a range of interesting phenomena. A particular feature of this text is its combination of analytic and computational strategies to tackle difficult nonlinear problems at the molecular level of matter.