TY - BOOK ID - 4862502 TI - Theory of Liquids and Other Disordered Media : A Short Introduction PY - 2015 SN - 9783319069500 3319069497 9783319069494 3319069500 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Physics. KW - Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics. KW - Polymer Sciences. KW - Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity. KW - Physical Chemistry. KW - Chemistry, Physical organic. KW - Polymers. KW - Physique KW - Polymères KW - Physics KW - Physical Sciences & Mathematics KW - Atomic Physics KW - Physical chemistry. KW - Amorphous substances. KW - Complex fluids. KW - Statistical physics. KW - Dynamical systems. KW - Dynamical systems KW - Kinetics KW - Mathematics KW - Mechanics, Analytic KW - Force and energy KW - Mechanics KW - Statics KW - Mathematical statistics KW - Complex liquids KW - Fluids, Complex KW - Amorphous substances KW - Liquids KW - Soft condensed matter KW - Polymere KW - Polymeride KW - Polymers and polymerization KW - Macromolecules KW - Chemistry, Theoretical KW - Physical chemistry KW - Theoretical chemistry KW - Chemistry KW - Natural philosophy KW - Philosophy, Natural KW - Physical sciences KW - Dynamics KW - Statistical methods KW - Complex Systems. KW - Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems. KW - Chemistry, Physical organic KW - Chemistry, Organic KW - Chemistry, Physical and theoretical KW - Liquids. KW - Polymer chemistry. KW - Fluids KW - Permeability KW - Polywater KW - Polymers  . UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4862502 AB - This set of lectures provides an introduction to the structure, thermodynamics and dynamics of liquids, binary solutions and polymers at a level that will enable graduate students and non-specialist researchers to understand more specialized literature and to possibly start their own work in this field. Part I starts with the introduction of distribution functions, which describe the statistical arrangements of atoms or molecules in a simple liquid. The main concepts involve mean field theories like the Perkus-Yevick theory and the random phase approximation, which relate the forces to the distribution functions. In order to provide a concise, self-contained text, an understanding of the general statistical mechanics of an interacting many-body system is assumed. The fact that in a classic liquid the static and dynamic aspects of such a system can be discussed separately forms the basis of the two-fold structure of this approach. In order to allow polymer melts and solutions to be discussed, a short chapter acquaints readers with scaling concepts by discussing random walks and fractals. Part II of the lecture series is essentially devoted to the presentation of the dynamics of simple and complex liquids in terms of the generalized hydrodynamics concept, such as that introduced by Mori and Zwanzig. A special topic is a comprehensive introduction of the liquid-glass transition and its discussion in terms of a mode-coupling theory. ER -