Molecular Thermodynamics and Transport Phenomena

Overview

Many newly developing fields of science and engineering, including nanotechnology, protein engineering, microfluidics, etc., require an in-depth molecular understanding and description of matter. Molecular Thermodynamics and Transport Phenomena: Complexities of Scales in Space and Time provides a rigorous molecular and statistical mechanical basis for the classical fundamental molecular description of matter. The author uniquely explores the disparities in spatial and temporal time scales in molecular mechanical dynamics and interactions that lead to the different observed behavior of matter, including equilibrium vs. nonequilibrium behavior, phase states, and irreversibility. This book provides a modern, comprehensive foundation for the classical molecular theory of matter that is demanded of today’s advancing fields of science and technology.

Table of contents

PREFACE
NOTES ON NOTATION
Chapter 1: Introduction to Statistical Methods and the Classical Mechanics of Interacting Particles
Chapter 2: Phase Space and the Liouville Equation
Chapter 3: Reduced Density Functions and the Reduced Liouville Equation
Chapter 4: Equilibrium Solution to the Liouville Equation and the Thermodynamic Properties of Matter
Chapter 5: The General Equations of Change for Nonequilibrium Systems
Chapter 6: Chosure of the Transport Equations
INDEX

Biographical note

Michael H. Peters, PhD currently conducts teaching and research in the general field of biomedical engineering. He is the author of over 30 journal articles, one textbook, and has given numerous invited talks at conferences and universities throughout the U.S. His research focuses on the computational molecular biophysics of cell signal molecules (ligands) and their interactions with special cellular targets, such as integrins, and in-vitro and in-vivo experimentation and clinical applications of ligand-receptor systems.

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An analytical guide for classical molecular characterization of the equilibrium and nonequilibrium behavior of matter

Molecular Thermodynamics and Transport Phenomena takes a quantitative approach to characterizing the relationship between scales of time, energy, and chosen structural hierarchies, allowing the reader to apply chemical engineering thermodynamic functions to:
Equilibrium Properties of Nonspherical Molecules
Complex Equilibrium Systems
Determination of Configurational Distribution Functions
Interpretation, Correlation, and Prediction of Thermodynamic Properties

Inside Molecular Thermodynamics and Transport Phenomena:
Classical Statistical Mechanics
Classical Mechanics and Probability Theory
Reduced Liouville Equation
Equilibrium Behavior of Matter
The Scope of Transport Phenomena