Self-Assembly, Pattern Formation and Growth Phenomena in Nano-Systems Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, held in St. Etienne de Tinee, France, August 28 - September 11, 2004

Self-Assembly, Pattern Formation and Growth Phenomena in Nano-Systems Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, held in St. Etienne de Tinee, France, August 28 - September 11, 2004 / edited by Alexander A. Golovin, Alexander A. Nepomnyashchy.

Nano-science and nano-technology are rapidly developing scientific and technological areas that deal with physical, chemical and biological processes that occur on nano-meter scale – one millionth of a millimeter. Self-organization and pattern formation play crucial role on nano-scales and promise n...

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Other Authors: Golovin, Alexander A. (Editor), Nepomnyashchy, Alexander A. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
Edition:1st ed. 2006.
Series:Nato Science Series II:, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, 218
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Subjects:
Statistical physics.
Dynamical systems.
Amorphous substances.
Complex fluids.
Biophysics.
Biological physics.
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Table of Contents:
  • Dedication. Contributing Authors. Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgements. General aspects of pattern formation. 1. Introduction. 2. Basic models for domain coarsening and pattern formation. 3. Pattern selection. 4. Modulated patterns. 5. Beyond the Swift-Hohenberg model. 6. Wavy patterns. 7. Conclusions. 8. Acknowledgement. References
  • Convective patterns in liquid crystals driven by electric field. 1. Physical properties of nematics. 2. Electroconvection. References
  • Dynamical phenomena in nematic liquid crystals induced by light. 1. Simple setups – complicated phenomena. 2. Theoretical description. 3. Obliquely incident, linearly polarized light. 4. Perpendicularly incident, circularly polarized light. 5. Perpendicularly incident, elliptically polarized light. 6. Finite beam-size effects and transversal pattern formation. Acknowledgements. References
  • Self-Assembly of quantum dots from thin solid films. 1. Introduction. 2. Mechanisms of morphological evolution of epitaxial films. 3. Elastic effects and wetting interactions. 4. Surface-energy anisotropy and wetting interactions. 5. Conclusions. References
  • Macroscopic and mesophysics together: the moving contact line problem revisited. References
  • Nanoscale effects in mesoscopic films. 1. Hydrodynamic equations. 2. Thermodynamic equations. 3. Fluid-substrate Interactions. 4. Dynamic contact line. 5. Mobility relations. References
  • Dynamics of thermal polymerization waves. 1. Introduction. 2. Mathematical model. 3. Gasless combustion. 4. Analysis of base FP model. 5. Other thermal FP studies. 6. Conclusion. References
  • Self-organization of microtubules and motors. 1. Maxwell model and orientational instability. 2. Spatial localization. 3. Aster and vortex solutions. 4. Conclusion. Acknowledgements. References
  • Physics of DNA. 1. Introduction. 2. Major structures of DNA. 3. DNA functioning. 4. Global DNA conformation. 5. The DNA stability. 6. Conclusion. References. Topic index.

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