(Ebook) Van der Waals Forces A Handbook for Biologists Chemists Engineers and Physicists 1st Edition by Adrian Parsegian ISBN 978-0521547789 0521547784

(Ebook) Van der Waals Forces A Handbook for Biologists Chemists Engineers and Physicists 1st Edition by Adrian Parsegian ISBN 978-0521547789 0521547784

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ISBN 10:  0521547784

ISBN 13: 978-0521547789

Author: V. Adrian Parsegian

This should prove to be the definitive work explaining van der Waals forces, how to calculate them and take account of their impact under any circumstances and conditions. These weak intermolecular forces are of truly pervasive impact, and biologists, chemists, physicists, and engineers will profit greatly from the thorough grounding in these fundamental forces. Parsegian has organized his book at three successive levels of mathematical sophistication, to satisfy the needs and interests of readers at all levels of preparation. The Prelude and Level 1 are intended to give everyone an overview in words and pictures of the modern theory of van der Waals forces. Level 2 gives the formulae and a wide range of algorithms to let readers compute the van der Waals forces under virtually any physical or physiological conditions. Level 3 offers a rigorous basic formulation of the theory.

Table of contents: 

PRELUDE

Pr.1. The dance of the charges

Pr.2. How do we convert absorption spectra to charge-fluctuation forces?

Pr.3. How good are measurements? Do they really confirm theory?

Pr.4. What can I expect to get from this book?

LEVEL 1: INTRODUCTION

L1.1. The simplest case: Material A versus material B across medium m

L1.2. The van der Waals interaction spectrum

L1.3. Layered planar bodies

L1.4. Spherical geometries

L1.5. Cylindrical geometries

LEVEL 2: PRACTICE

L2.1. Notation and symbols

L2.1.A. Geometric quantities

L.2.1.B. Force and energy

L2.1.C. Spherical and cylindrical bodies

L2.1.D. Material properties

L.2.1.E. Variables to specify point positions

L.2.1.F. Variables used for integration and summation

L2.1.G. Differences-over-sums for material properties

L2.1.H. Hamaker coefficients

1.2.1.1. Comparison of cgs and mks notation

L2.1.J. Unit conversions, mks-cgs

L2.2. Tables of formulae

1.2.2.A. Tables of formulae in planar geometry

1.2.2.B. Tables of formulae in spherical geometry

L2.2.C. Tables of formulae in cylindrical geometry

L2.3. Essays on formulae

L2.3.A. Interactions between two semi-infinite media

L2.3.B. Layered systems

L2.3.C. The Derjaguin transform for interactions between oppositely curved surfaces

L2.3.D. Hamaker approximation: Hybridization to modern theory

L2.3.E. Point particles in dilute gases and suspensions

L2.3.F. Point particles and a planar substrate

L2.3.G. Line particles in dilute suspension

L2.4. Computation

L2.4.A. Properties of dielectric response

L2.4.B. Integration algorithms

L2.4.C. Numerical conversion of full spectra into forces

L2.4.D. Sample spectral parameters

L2.4.E. Department of tricks, shortcuts, and desperate necessities

L2.4.F. Sample programs, approximate procedures

LEVEL 3: FOUNDATIONS

L3.1. Story, stance, strategy

L3.2. Notation used in level 3 derivations

L3.2.A. Lifshitz result

L3.2.B. Layered systems

L3.2.C. Ionic-fluctuation forces

L3.2.D. Anisotropic media

L3.2.E. Anisotropic ionic media

L3.3. A heuristic derivation of Lifshitz' general result for the interaction between two semi-infinite media across a planar gap

L3.4. Derivation of van der Waals interactions in layered planar systems

L3.5. Inhomogeneous media

L3.6. Ionic-charge fluctuations

L3.7. Anisotropic media

Problem sets

Problem sets for Prelude

Problem sets for level 1

Problem sets for level 2

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