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This second edition of a successful and highly-accessed monograph has been extended by more than 100 pages. It includes an enlarged coverage of applications for materials characterization and analysis. Also a more detailed description of strategies for determining free energies of ion transfer between miscible liquids is provided. This is now possible with a “third-phase strategy” which the authors explain from theoretical and practical points of view. The book is still the only one detailing strategies for solid state electroanalysis. It also features the specific potential of the techniques to use immobilized particles (for studies of solid materials) and of immobilized droplets of immiscible liquids for the purpose of studying the three-phase electrochemistry of these liquids. This also includes studies of ion transfer between aqueous and immiscible non-aqueous liquids. The bibliography of all published papers in this field of research has been expanded from 318 to now 444 references in this second edition. Not only are pertinent references provided at the end of each chapter, but the complete list of the cited literature is also offered as a separate chapter for easy reference.

Electrochemistry. --- Materials science. --- Phase transitions (Statistical physics). --- Analytical chemistry. --- Characterization and Evaluation of Materials. --- Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems. --- Analytical Chemistry.

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Statistical physics can be used to better understand non-thermal complex systems—phenomena such as stock-market crashes, revolutions in society and in science, fractures in engineered materials and in the Earth’s crust, catastrophes, traffic jams, petroleum clusters, polymerization, self-organized criticality and many others exhibit behaviors resembling those of thermodynamic systems. In particular, many of these systems possess phase transitions identical to critical or spinodal phenomena in statistical physics. The application of the well-developed formalism of statistical physics to non-thermal complex systems may help to predict and prevent such catastrophes as earthquakes, snow-avalanches and landslides, failure of engineering structures, or economical crises. This book addresses the issue step-by-step, from phenomenological analogies between complex systems and statistical physics to more complex aspects, such as correlations, fluctuation-dissipation theorem, susceptibility, the concept of free energy, renormalization group approach and scaling. Fractals and multifractals, the Ising model, percolation, damage phenomena, critical and spinodal phase transitions, crossover effects and finite-size effects are some of the topics covered in Statistical Physics of Non-Thermal Phase Transitions.

Physics. --- Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity. --- Complexity. --- Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems. --- Engineering. --- Physique --- Ingénierie --- Physics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Atomic Physics --- Phase transformations (Statistical physics) --- Phase changes (Statistical physics) --- Phase transitions (Statistical physics) --- Phase transitions (Statistical physics). --- Statistical physics. --- Dynamical systems. --- Complexity, Computational. --- Phase rule and equilibrium --- Statistical physics --- Complex Systems. --- Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems. --- Mathematical statistics --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- Statistical methods --- Computational complexity. --- Complexity, Computational --- Electronic data processing --- Machine theory --- Dynamical systems --- Kinetics --- Mathematics --- Mechanics, Analytic --- Force and energy --- Mechanics --- Statics --- Dynamics.

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 This work sheds new light on fundamental aspects of phase separation in polymer-blend thin films. A key feature underlying the theoretical models is the unification of one-dimensional thermodynamic phase equilibria with film evolution phenomena in two- and three dimensions. Initially, an established 'phase portrait' method, useful for visualising and calculating phase equilibria of polymer-blend films, is generalised to systems without convenient simplifying symmetries. Thermodynamic equilibria alone are then used to explain a film roughening mechanism in which laterally coexisting phases can have different depths in order to minimise free energy. The phase portraits are then utilised to demonstrate that simulations of lateral phase separation via a transient wetting layer, which conform very well with experiments, can be satisfactorily explained by 1D phase equilibria and a 'surface bifurcation' mechanism. Lastly, a novel 3D model of coupled phase separation and dewetting is developed, which demonstrates that surface roughening shadows phase separation in thin films.

Physics. --- Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems. --- Thermodynamics. --- Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films. --- Polymer Sciences. --- Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films. --- Polymers. --- Surfaces (Physics). --- Physique --- Polymères --- Thermodynamique --- Surfaces (Physique) --- Physics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Atomic Physics --- Polymers --- Separation. --- Fractionation of polymers --- Polymer fractionation --- Fractionation --- Phase transitions (Statistical physics). --- Interfaces (Physical sciences). --- Thin films. --- Materials --- Surfaces. --- Polymere --- Polymeride --- Polymers and polymerization --- Macromolecules --- Surface chemistry --- Surfaces (Technology) --- Chemistry, Physical and theoretical --- Dynamics --- Mechanics --- Heat --- Heat-engines --- Quantum theory --- Materials—Surfaces. --- Polymers  . --- Surfaces (Physics) --- Films, Thin --- Solid film --- Solid state electronics --- Solids --- Coatings --- Thick films --- Phase changes (Statistical physics) --- Phase transitions (Statistical physics) --- Phase rule and equilibrium --- Statistical physics

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This book deals with colloidal systems in technical processes and the influence of colloidal systems by technical processes. It explores how new measurement capabilities can offer the potential for a dynamic development of scientific and engineering, and examines the origin of colloidal systems and its use for new products. The future challenges to colloidal process engineering are the development of appropriate equipment and processes for the production and obtainment of multi-phase structures and energetic interactions in market-relevant quantities. The book explores the relevant processes and for controlled production and how they can be used across all scales.

Engineering. --- Industrial and Production Engineering. --- Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering. --- Characterization and Evaluation of Materials. --- Engineering Fluid Dynamics. --- Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems. --- Chemical engineering. --- Hydraulic engineering. --- Industrial engineering. --- Surfaces (Physics). --- Ingénierie --- Génie chimique --- Technologie hydraulique --- Génie industriel --- Surfaces (Physique) --- Mechanical Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Industrial & Management Engineering --- Colloids --- Industrial applications. --- Dispersoids --- Gels --- Hydrogels --- Sols --- Phase transitions (Statistical physics). --- Fluid mechanics. --- Production engineering. --- Materials science. --- Amorphous substances --- Chemistry, Physical and theoretical --- Diffusion --- Matter --- Micelles --- Particles --- Rheology --- Solution (Chemistry) --- Surface chemistry --- Properties --- Engineering, Hydraulic --- Engineering --- Fluid mechanics --- Hydraulics --- Shore protection --- Physics --- Surfaces (Technology) --- Chemistry, Industrial --- Engineering, Chemical --- Industrial chemistry --- Chemistry, Technical --- Metallurgy --- Management engineering --- Simplification in industry --- Value analysis (Cost control) --- Phase changes (Statistical physics) --- Phase transitions (Statistical physics) --- Phase rule and equilibrium --- Statistical physics --- Hydromechanics --- Continuum mechanics --- Material science --- Physical sciences --- Manufacturing engineering --- Process engineering --- Industrial engineering --- Mechanical engineering

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Focusing on the mathematics that lies at the intersection of probability theory, statistical physics, combinatorics and computer science, this volume collects together lecture notes on recent developments in the area. The common ground of these subjects is perhaps best described by the three terms in the title: Random Walks, Random Fields and Disordered Systems. The specific topics covered include a study of Branching Brownian Motion from the perspective of disordered (spin-glass) systems, a detailed analysis of weakly self-avoiding random walks in four spatial dimensions via methods of field theory and the renormalization group, a study of phase transitions in disordered discrete structures using a rigorous version of the cavity method, a survey of recent work on interacting polymers in the ballisticity regime and, finally, a treatise on two-dimensional loop-soup models and their connection to conformally invariant systems and the Gaussian Free Field. The notes are aimed at early graduate students with a modest background in probability and mathematical physics, although they could also be enjoyed by seasoned researchers interested in learning about recent advances in the above fields.

Operations Research --- Applied Physics --- Civil & Environmental Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Mathematics. --- Mathematical statistics. --- Probabilities. --- Discrete mathematics. --- Mathematical physics. --- Phase transitions (Statistical physics). --- Mathematical Physics. --- Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems. --- Probability and Statistics in Computer Science. --- Discrete Mathematics. --- Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes. --- Phase changes (Statistical physics) --- Phase transitions (Statistical physics) --- Phase rule and equilibrium --- Statistical physics --- Physical mathematics --- Physics --- Computer mathematics --- Discrete mathematics --- Electronic data processing --- Probability --- Statistical inference --- Combinations --- Mathematics --- Chance --- Least squares --- Mathematical statistics --- Risk --- Statistics, Mathematical --- Statistics --- Probabilities --- Sampling (Statistics) --- Math --- Science --- Statistical methods --- Computer science. --- Distribution (Probability theory. --- Distribution functions --- Frequency distribution --- Characteristic functions --- Informatics --- Random walks (Mathematics) --- Brownian motion processes --- Data processing. --- Wiener processes --- Brownian movements --- Fluctuations (Physics) --- Markov processes --- Additive process (Probability theory) --- Random walk process (Mathematics) --- Walks, Random (Mathematics) --- Stochastic processes --- Discrete mathematical structures --- Mathematical structures, Discrete --- Structures, Discrete mathematical --- Numerical analysis