Microscopic Structure and Dynamics of Liquids

✍ Scribed by Jean-Pierre Hansen (auth.), J. Dupuy, A. J. Dianoux (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1978
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 519
• Series: NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series 33
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

What did we have in mind when in May, 1976, we (Professor de Gennes, Dr. Tourand and ourselves) thought of a Summer School in the field of liquids? First, we wanted to present and discuss the new results that have been obtained recently, in particular at the high flux reactor of the Institut Laue-Langevin in Grenoble since it became operational in 1972. In order to achieve this goal, the major part of this Summer School was devoted to an ex­ tensive presentation of the gen~ra1 concepts and methods of study­ ing this state of matter (time-dependent correlation functions, molecular dynamics, intermolecular forces, spectroscopic tech­ niques ••• ) and concentrated on a few specific systems which have seen significant development in the last few years, both theoret­ ically and experimentally. These systems are the different classes of simple liquids: metallic liquids, ionic liquids, simple molecu­ lar liquids and the new field of superionic conductors (solid electrolytes). Furthermore, we wanted to put some emphasis on a particular research area in the field of liquids, namely critical phenomena in fluids. This was chosen both because of our personal interest in this field and the major theoretical advances which have occurred in the last ten years. We also wished that some new powerful techniques or new theo­ retical approaches be presented at this School. Thus, picosecond laser techniques, theoretical calculations on dipolar fluids, and angular correlations in molecular liquids were the subject of specific seminars.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Correlation Functions and Their Relationship with Experiments....Pages 3-68
Molecular Dynamics: Principles and Applications....Pages 69-106
Interatomic and Intermolecular Forces....Pages 107-152
Electronic Theory of the Thermodynamics and Structure of Liquid Metals....Pages 153-219
Spectroscopic Methods for the Study of Local Dynamics in Polyatomic Fluids....Pages 221-300
The Structure of Ionic Liquids....Pages 301-332
Critical Phenomena in Fluids....Pages 333-366
Front Matter....Pages 367-367
Picosecond Laser Techniques....Pages 369-380
On Dipolar Fluids....Pages 381-401
Orientational Correlations in Molecular Liquids....Pages 403-412
Front Matter....Pages 413-413
Fast Ion Conductors — An Introduction....Pages 415-427
Toward a Theory of Superionic Conductors....Pages 429-435
Superionic Conductors : The Independent Particle Model....Pages 437-446
Quasielastic Neutron Scattering from α-AgI....Pages 447-457
Single Particle and Collective Aspects of the Silver Ion Motion in α-AgI....Pages 459-469
Round Table Discussion on Coherent Neutron Scattering....Pages 471-483
Round Table on Light Scattering....Pages 485-489
Round Table on Critical Phenomena....Pages 491-495
Front Matter....Pages 497-497
Informal Round Table Discussion on Supercooled Liquids....Pages 499-500
Title of Posters....Pages 501-504
Front Matter....Pages 505-505
Liquid State Research: Why ?....Pages 507-514
Back Matter....Pages 515-524

✦ Subjects

Classical Continuum Physics