Hard spheres and related objects (hard disks and mixtures of hard systems) are paradigmatic systems: indeed, they have served as a basis for the theoretical and numerical development of a number of fields, such as general liquids and fluids, amorphous solids, liquid crystals, colloids and granular matter, to name but a few. The present volume introduces and reviews some important basics and progress in the study of such systems. Their structure, thermodynamic properties, equations of state, as well as kinetic and transport properties are considered from different and complementary points of view. This book addresses graduate students, lecturers as well as researchers in statistical mechanics, physics of liquids, physical chemistry and chemical engineering.
Author(s): A. Malijevský, J. Kolafa (auth.), Ángel Mulero (eds.)
Series: Lecture Notes in Physics 753
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 546
Tags: Mechanics, Fluids, Thermodynamics;Physical Chemistry;Soft Matter, Complex Fluids;Theoretical and Applied Mechanics;Statistical Physics;Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering
Front Matter....Pages I-XXVII
Structure of Hard Spheres and Related Systems....Pages 1-26
Introduction to the Thermodynamics of Hard Spheres and Related Systems....Pages 27-36
Equations of State for Hard Spheres and Hard Disks....Pages 37-109
Application of Hard-Sphere and Hard-Disk Equations of State to the Weeks–Chandler–Andersen Reference System....Pages 111-132
Binary Mixtures of Additive Hard Spheres. Simulations and Theories....Pages 133-182
Alternative Approaches to the Equilibrium Properties of Hard-Sphere Liquids....Pages 183-245
Density Functional Theories of Hard Particle Systems....Pages 247-341
Ensemble Effects in Small Systems....Pages 343-381
Modelling of Transport Properties of Hard Sphere Fluids and Related Systems, and its Applications....Pages 383-492
Kinetic Theory for Binary Granular Mixtures at Low Density....Pages 493-540
Back Matter....Pages 541-546
