Adsorption by carbons [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Eduardo J. Bottani, Juan M.D. Tascón

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451301903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier, 2008
• ISBN: 1-281-30854-4; 9786611308544; 0-08-055942-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (773 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): BottaniEduardo J; TascónJ. M. D
• Disciplina: 662.93
• Soggetti: Carbon - Absorption and adsorption; Carbon, Activated; Electronic books.
• 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 and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Adsorption by Carbons; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; List of Contributors; Part 1 Introduction; Chapter 1 Overview of Physical Adsorption by Carbons; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Physisorption on Nonporous Carbons; 1.3 Physisorption by Porous Carbons; 1.4 Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 2 Overview of Carbon Materials in Relation to Adsorption; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Structures of Elemental Carbon: Carbon Allotropes and Polytypes; 2.3 The sp2 Carbon Forms: Graphitic, Graphitizable, and Nongraphitizable Carbons; 2.4 Structural Characterization of Carbon Materials: The Basic Structural Units and Their Stacking and Orientation Degrees2.4.1 Planar Orientation; 2.4.2 Axial Orientation; 2.4.3 Point Orientation; 2.4.4 Random Orientation; 2.5 Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Part 2 Fundamentals of Adsorption by Carbons; Chapter 3 Energetics of Gas Adsorption by Carbons: Thermodynamic Quantities; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Classical Thermodynamics; 3.3 Statistical Mechanics; 3.4 Thermodynamic Quantities and Experimental Results; 3.5 Conclusions; Acknowledgment; References; Chapter 4 Monte Carlo and Molecular Dynamics4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Overview of Computer Simulations; 4.2.1 Selecting the Model; 4.2.2 Initialization; 4.2.3 Generating Configurations; 4.2.4 Determining Properties from Configurations; 4.3 Conclusions; References; Chapter 5 Models of Porous Carbons; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Experimental Probes; 5.3 Molecular Models of Carbons; 5.3.1 Regular Porous Carbons; 5.3.2 Disordered Porous Carbons: Simple Geometric Models; 5.3.3 Disordered Carbons: More Realistic Models; 5.4 Adsorption, Diffusion, Reaction; 5.5 Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 6 The Reasons Behind Adsorption Hysteresis6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Capillary Condensation Hysteresis and the Kelvin Equation; 6.3 Hysteresis and Adsorption-Induced Strain of Adsorbents; 6.4 Low-Pressure Hysteresis; 6.5 Pore Network and Interconnectivity; 6.6 Some Peculiarities of the Adsorption Hysteresis for Carbonaceous Adsorbents; References; Chapter 7 The Surface Heterogeneity of Carbon and Its Assessment; 7.1 Introduction; 7.1.1 The Adsorptive Potential; 7.1.2 Thermodynamic Meaning of the Adsorption Potential; 7.2 Theoretical Background; 7.2.1 The Integral Equation of Adsorption; 7.2.2 Solving and Using the Integral Equation of Adsorption7.3 The Application of Density Functional Theory; 7.3.1 The Deconvolution Method; 7.4 Results for "Nonporous" Carbons; 7.4.1 Synthetic Graphitic Carbons; 7.4.2 Natural Graphites; 7.4.3 Carbon Blacks; 7.5 Activated Carbons; 7.5.1 Assumed Structure; 7.5.2 Example Applications of the Simple Model; 7.5.3 Advanced Activated Carbon Models; 7.6 Conclusions; References; Chapter 8 Wetting Phenomena; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Wetting on Carbon; 8.3 Conclusions; References; Chapter 9 Adsorbed Gases in Bundles of Carbon Nanotubes: Theory and Simulation
• Sommario/riassunto: This book covers the most significant aspects of adsorption by carbons, attempting to fill the existing gap between the fields of adsorption and carbonaceous materials. Both basic and applied aspects are presented. The first section of the book introduces physical adsorption and carbonaceous materials, and is followed by a section concerning the fundamentals of adsorption by carbons. This leads to development of a series of theoretical concepts that serve as an introduction to the following section in which adsorption is mainly envisaged as a tool to characterize the porous texture and surface

Homotopy theory and arithmetic geometry : motivic and diophantine aspects, LMS-CMI Research School, London, July 2018 / / edited by Frank Neumann and Ambrus Pál

• Record Nr.: UNISA996466408503316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021]; ©2021
• ISBN: 3-030-78977-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (223 pages)
• Collana: Lecture Notes in Mathematics ; ; v.2292
• Disciplina: 514.24
• Soggetti: Arithmetical algebraic geometry; Homotopy theory; Teoria de l'homotopia; Geometria algebraica aritmètica; Congressos; Llibres electrònics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Homotopy Theory and Arithmetic Geometry-Motivic and Diophantine Aspects: An Introduction -- 1.1 Overview of Themes -- 1.2 Summaries of Individual Contributions -- References -- 2 An Introduction to A1-Enumerative Geometry -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Preliminaries -- 2.2.1 Enriching the Topological Degree -- 2.2.2 The Grothendieck-Witt Ring -- 2.2.3 Lannes' Formula -- 2.2.4 The Unstable Motivic Homotopy Category -- 2.2.5 Colimits -- 2.2.6 Purity -- 2.3 A1-enumerative Geometry -- 2.3.1 The Eisenbud-Khimshiashvili-Levine Signature Formula -- 2.3.2 Sketch of Proof for Theorem 4 -- 2.3.3 A1-Milnor Numbers -- 2.3.4 An Arithmetic Count of the Lines on a Smooth Cubic Surface -- 2.3.5 An Arithmetic Count of the Lines Meeting 4Lines in Space -- Notation Guide -- References -- 3 Cohomological Methods in Intersection Theory -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Étale Motives -- 3.2.1 The h-topology -- 3.2.2 Construction of Motives, After Voevodsky -- 3.2.3 Functoriality -- 3.2.4 Representability Theorems -- 3.3 Finiteness and Euler Characteristic -- ; 3.3.1 Locally Constructible Motives -- 3.3.2 Integrality of Traces and Rationality of ζ-Functions -- 3.3.3 Grothendieck-Verdier Duality -- 3.3.4 Generic Base Change: A Motivic Variation on Deligne's Proof -- 3.4 Characteristic Classes -- 3.4.1 Künneth Formula -- 3.4.2 Grothendieck-Lefschetz Formula -- References -- 4 Étale Homotopy and Obstructions to Rational Points -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 ∞-Categories -- 4.2.1 Motivation -- 4.2.2 Quasi-Categories -- 4.2.3 ∞-Groupoids and the Homotopy Hypothesis -- 4.2.4 Quasi-Categories from Topological Categories -- 4.2.5 ∞-Category Theory -- 4.2.6 The Homotopy Category -- 4.2.7 ∞-Categories and Homological Algebra -- 4.2.8 Stable ∞-Categories -- 4.2.9 Localization -- 4.3 ∞-Topoi -- 4.3.1 Definitions -- 4.3.2 The Shape of an ∞-Topos.; 4.4 Obstruction Theory -- 4.4.1 Obstruction Theory for Homotopy Types -- 4.4.2 For ∞-Topoi and Linear(ized) Versions -- 4.5 Étale Homotopy and Rational Points -- 4.5.1 The étale ∞-Topos -- 4.5.2 Rational Points -- 4.5.3 The Local-to-Global Principle -- 4.6 Galois Theory and Embedding Problems -- 4.6.1 Topoi and Embedding Problems -- References -- 5 A1-homotopy Theory and Contractible Varieties: A Survey -- 5.1 Introduction: Topological and Algebro-Geometric Motivations -- 5.1.1 Open Contractible Manifolds -- 5.1.2 Contractible Algebraic Varieties -- 5.2 A User's Guide to A1-homotopy Theory -- 5.2.1 Brief Topological Motivation -- 5.2.2 Homotopy Functors in Algebraic Geometry -- 5.2.3 The Unstable A1-homotopy Category: Construction -- Spaces -- Nisnevich and cdh Distinguished Squares -- Localization -- 5.2.4 The Unstable A1-homotopy Category: Basic Properties -- Motivic Spheres -- Representability Statements -- Representability of Chow Groups -- The Purity Isomorphism -- Comparison of Nisnevich and cdh-local A1-weak Equivalences -- 5.2.5 A Snapshot of the Stable Motivic Homotopy Category -- Stable Representablity of Algebraic K-theory -- Milnor-Witt K-theory -- 5.3 Concrete A1-weak Equivalences -- 5.3.1 Constructing A1-weak Equivalences of Smooth Schemes -- 5.3.2 A1-weak Equivalences vs. Weak Equivalences -- 5.3.3 Cancellation Questions and A1-weak Equivalences -- 5.3.4 Danielewski Surfaces and Generalizations -- 5.3.5 Building Quasi-Affine A1-contractible Varieties -- Unipotent Quotients -- Other Quasi-Affine A1-contractible Varieties -- 5.4 Further Computations in A1-homotopy Theory -- 5.4.1 A1-homotopy Sheaves -- Basic Definitions -- A1-rigid Varieties Embed into H(k) -- 5.4.2 A1-connectedness and Geometry -- A1-connectedness and Rationality Properties -- 5.4.3 A1-homotopy Sheaves Spheres and Brouwer Degree -- 5.4.4 A1-homotopy at Infinity.; One-point Compactifications -- Stable End Spaces -- 5.5 Cancellation Questions and A1-contractibility -- 5.5.1 The Biregular Cancellation Problem -- 5.5.2 A1-contractibility vs Topological Contractibility -- Affine Lines on Topologically Contractible Surfaces -- Chow Groups and Vector Bundles on Topologically Contractible Surfaces -- 5.5.3 Cancellation Problems and the Russell Cubic -- The Russell Cubic and Equivariant K-theory -- Higher Chow Groups and Stable A1-contractibility -- 5.5.4 A1-contractibility of the Koras-Russell Threefold -- 5.5.5 Koras-Russell Fiber Bundles -- References -- Index.

A philosophy of the possible : modalities in thought and culture / / by Mikhail Epstein ; translated from the Russian by Vern W. McGee and Marina Eskina

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910795312203321
• Autore: Epstein Mikhail
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill Rodopi, , [2019]
• ISBN: 90-04-39834-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (379 pages)
• Collana: Value inquiry book series, , 0929-8436 ; ; volume 333
• Disciplina: 123
• Soggetti: Possibility
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Preface -- Introduction: Fundamental Concepts of the Theory of the Possible -- The Possible in Philosophy -- Criticism and Activism -- Philosophy and Reality -- Change of Modalities in the History of Philosophy -- Philosophy as Possibilistic Thinking -- The Area of the Thinkable: the Value of Thinking in Itself -- Theory, Utopia, and Hypothesis -- Catharsis of Thinking -- Personified Thinking -- Possible and Impossible: Aporia of Thinking -- Language, Thinking, and Signifiability -- Universals as Potentials: Conceptualism -- From the General to the Concrete and Universal -- Multiplication of Entities -- Philosophy as Parody and Grotesque -- The Fate of Metaphysics: from Deconstruction to Possibilization -- Introduction to Part 2 -- Reverse Metaphysics: Critique and Deconstruction -- Beyond Being and Nothingness: the Feeling of the Possible -- A Worldview, Not a Point of View: “A Net with No Knots” -- The Possible in Jean Derrida -- The Metaphysics of Deconstruction: the Main Terms -- The Radical Nature of Difference: Profit and Transcendence -- Center and Structure -- Reverse Metaphysics: the Other, the Play, and the Writing -- Différance and the Tao -- Construction and Possibilization -- From Deconstruction to Construction -- Construction and Creativity -- De- and Con- -- Potentiation as Method: Eros of Thinking -- What Is “the Interesting”? Proposed Criteria -- Small Metaphysics: the Unique -- The Worlds of the Possible -- Introduction to Part 3 -- Society -- Culture -- ; Ethics -- Psychology -- Religion -- Conclusion -- Back Matter -- To Be Able, to Be, and to Know: a System of Modalities -- Index of Names.
• Sommario/riassunto: In this book, Mikhail Epstein offers a systematic theory of modalities (the actual, possible, and necessary), as applied to the discourse of philosophy in its post-Kantian and especially post-Derridean perspectives. He relies on his own experience of living in the USSR and the US, dominated respectively by imperative and possibilist modalities. Possibilism assumes that a thing or event acquires meaning only in the context of its multiple possibilities, inviting counterfactual and conditional modes of description. The author focuses on the creative potentials of possibilistic thinking and its heuristic value. The book demonstrates the range of modal approaches to society, culture, ethics, and language, and outlines potentiology as a new philosophical discipline interacting with ontology and epistemology.