Autore	Gitterman M
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2010
Descrizione fisica	xi, 136 p. : ill
Disciplina	530.474
Soggetto topico	Critical phenomena (Physics) Critical point Chemistry, Physical and theoretical
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-282-76184-6 9786612761843 981-4291-21-8
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Criticality and Chemistry; The Effect of Criticality on Chemical Reaction; Effect of Chemistry on Critical Phenomena; Phase Separation in Reactive Systems; Comments on the Geometry of the Phase Diagram of a Reaction Mixture; Sound Propagation and Light Scattering in Chemically Reactive Systems.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910455622103321

Autore	Vedmedenko Elena Y
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Weinheim, : Wiley-VCH, c2007
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (217 p.)
Disciplina	530.41 548
Soggetto topico	Nanoscience Pattern formation (Physical sciences) Solid state physics Critical phenomena (Physics)
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-280-85469-3 9786610854691 3-527-61050-2 3-527-61051-0
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Competing Interactions and Patterns in Nanoworld; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 1.1 How the Story Began; 1.1.1 Structure Periodicity and Modulated Phases; 1.1.2 Ferromagnetic and Ferroelectric Domains; 1.2 First Theoretical Approaches for Competing Interactions; 1.2.1 Frenkel-Kontorova Model; 1.2.2 Theoretical Models of the Magnetic/Ferroelectric Domains; 1.2.2.1 Phenomenology of the Dipolar Interaction; 1.2.2.2 Phenomenology of the Exchange and Exchange-Like Interactions; 1.2.2.3 Mechanism of the Domain Formation; 1.3 Summary; 1.4 Exercises; References 2 Self-Competition: or How to Choose the Best from the Worst2.1 Frustration: The World is not Perfect; 2.2 Why is an Understanding of Frustration Phenomena Important for Nanosystems?; 2.3 Ising, XY, and Heisenberg Statistical Models; 2.4 Order-Disorder Phenomena; 2.4.1 Phase Transitions and their Characterization; 2.4.2 Order Below T(c); 2.4.3 Measure of Frustration: Local Energy Parameter; 2.5 Self-Competition of the Short-Range Interactions; 2.5.1 Ising Antiferromagnet on a Lattice; 2.5.1.1 Triangular Lattice; 2.5.1.2 Kagome Lattice; 2.5.1.3 Ising Antiferromagnet on Aperiodic Tilings 2.5.2 Heisenberg Antiferromagnet on a Lattice2.5.2.1 Triangular and Kagome Lattices; 2.5.2.2 Aperiodic Tilings; 2.5.3 Three-Dimensional Spin Structure on a Periodic Two-Dimensional Lattice: Itinerant Systems; 2.5.4 Frustration Squeezed Out; 2.6 Self-Competition of the Long-Range Interactions; 2.6.1 Dipolar Interactions; 2.6.1.1 Localized Ising Moments on a Periodic Lattice; 2.6.1.2 Localized Vector Moments on a Periodic Lattice; 2.6.1.3 Localized Vector Moments on Aperiodic Tilings; 2.6.1.4 Delocalized Moments with Given Orientation: Two-Dimensional Electron Wigner Crystal 2.6.2 Multipolar Interactions: Why Might that be Interesting?2.6.2.1 Multipolar Moments of Molecular Systems and Bose-Einstein Condensates; 2.6.2.2 Multipolar Moments of Nanomagnetic Particles; 2.6.2.3 Multipole-Multipole Interactions; 2.6.2.4 Ground States for Multipoles of Even Symmetry: Quadrupolar and Hexadecapolar Patterns; 2.6.2.5 Ground States for Multipoles of Odd Symmetry: Octopolar and Dotriacontapolar Patterns; 2.7 Summary; 2.8 Exercises; References; 3 Competition Between a Short- and a Long-Range Interaction; 3.1 Localized Particles 3.1.1 Competition Between the Ferromagnetic Exchange and the Dipolar Interaction: Ising Spins3.1.1.1 Stripes or Checkerboard?; 3.1.1.2 Scaling Theory; 3.1.1.3 Stripes in an External Magnetic Field: Bubbles; 3.1.2 Competition Between the Ferromagnetic Exchange and the Dipolar Interaction: Vector Spins; 3.1.2.1 Films: Dominating Exchange Interaction; 3.1.2.2 Films: Dominating Dipolar Interaction; 3.1.2.3 Nanoparticles with Periodic Atomic Structure; 3.1.2.4 Nanoparticles with Aperiodic Atomic Structure; 3.1.3 Competition Between the Antiferromagnetic Exchange and the Dipolar Interaction 3.1.3.1 Periodic Lattices
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Autore	Christensen, Kim, 1962-
Pubbl/distr/stampa	London : Imperial College Press, 2005
Descrizione fisica	xvi, 392 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Disciplina	530.474
Altri autori (Persone)	Moloney, Nicholas R.
Collana	Imperial College Press advanced physics texts ; v. 1
Soggetto topico	Critical phenomena (Physics) Percolation (Statistical physics) Biocomplexity
ISBN	1860945171
Classificazione	LC QC173.4.C74 53.1.6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Record Nr.	UNISALENTO-991001913409707536

Autore	Ivanov Dmitry Yu
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Weinheim, [Germany] : , : Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, , 2008
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (273 p.)
Disciplina	530.474 541
Soggetto topico	Critical phenomena (Physics)
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-282-02143-5 9786612021435 3-527-62398-1 3-527-62399-X
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Critical Behavior of Non-Ideal Systems; Foreword to the Russian Edition; Foreword to the English Edition; Contents; Editor's Preface; Introduction; Part I The Statics of Critical Phenomena; 1 Statics of Critical Phenomena in the Nearest Vicinity of the Critical Point: Experimental Manifestation; 1.1 Short History of Critical Phenomena Research; 1.2 Peculiarities of the Experiment in the Nearest Vicinity of the Critical Point; 1.2.1 ""Experimental"" Critical Indices; 1.2.2 Determination of Critical Parameters; 1.2.3 Purity of Matter; 1.2.4 Determination of Critical Density 1.2.5 Determination of Critical Temperature and Pressure1.3 Experiments Near the Critical Point in the Presence of the Gravitational Field; 1.3.1 The Gravitational Effect; 1.3.2 The Coexistence Curve; 1.3.3 Singularity of the Diameter of the Coexistence Curve; 1.3.4 The Critical Isotherm; 1.3.5 Isothermal Compressibility Along the Critical Isochore; 1.3.6 (p - T)-Dependence Along the Critical Isochore; 2 Critical Indices and Amplitudes; 2.1 Phenomenological Model of the Critical Behavior of Nonideal Systems; 2.2 Critical Indices: External Field Effects; 2.2.1 Critical Index β 2.2.1.1 The Gravitational Effect2.2.1.2 The Influence of Surface Forces; 2.2.1.3 The Influence of Fields: Comparison with Magnetic Materials; 2.2.1.4 Comparison with Metals; 2.2.2 Critical Index δ; 2.2.2.1 The Influence of Gravitation; 2.2.2.2 The Influence of Coulomb Forces; 2.2.3 Critical Index γ; 2.2.3.1 The Influence of Gravitation; 2.2.4 Critical Index α; 2.2.4.1 The Influence of Gravitation; 2.2.5 Critical Index of the Correlation Radius υ; 2.2.6 Micellar Systems; 2.2.7 Influence of Boundaries: Finite-Size Effects; 2.2.8 Results and Consequences; 2.2.9 Some Unresolved Problems 2.3 Critical Indices and Amplitudes2.3.1 Universal Relations Between Critical Indices; 2.3.2 Universal Relations Between Critical Amplitudes; 2.3.3 Correlation Between Critical Index and Critical Amplitude Values; 3 Thermodynamics of the Metastable State; 3.1 The ""Pseudospinodal"" Hypothesis; 3.1.1 The History of the Occurrence of the ""Pseudospinodal Hypthesis""; 3.1.2 The Universal ""Pseudospinodal""; 3.2 The van der Waals Spinodal; 3.2.1 First-Order Stability Conditions; 3.2.2 Higher Order Stability Conditions; 3.2.3 Approaching the Instability Points; 3.2.4 The Instability Area 3.3 Thermodynamic Analysis of the ""Pseudospinodal"" Hypothesis3.3.1 Physics and Geometry; 3.3.2 Mathematical Foundation; 3.3.3 Thermodynamic Consequences; 3.4 Experimental Test of the ""Pseudospinodal"" Hypothesis; Part II The Dynamics of Critical Phenomena; 4 Foundations of Critical Dynamics; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Critical Fluctuations: Light Scattering Intensity; 4.3 Kinetics of Critical Fluctuations: Light Scattering Spectrum; 4.4 Dynamic Critical Indices and Universal Amplitude; 4.5 Scattering of Higher Orders; 5 Critical Opalescence: Modeling; 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Techniques and Experimental Methods
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910144380803321

Edizione	[1st ed. 1983.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer-Verlag, , [1983]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (VII, 357 p. 2 illus.)
Disciplina	530.474
Collana	Lecture Notes in Physics
Soggetto topico	Critical phenomena (Physics)
ISBN	3-540-38667-X
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Scaling, university and renormalization group theory -- Phase transitions and instabilities -- Multicritical points -- Lectures on disordered systems -- Lectures on correlation functions.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910257436803321