Theoretical and Computational Approaches to Interface Phenomena

ISBN 10: 0306448998 / ISBN 13: 9780306448997

Published by Springer, 1995

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Title: Theoretical and Computational Approaches to ...

Publisher: Springer

Publication Date: 1995

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

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Synopsis:

Many chemical processes that are important to society take place at boundaries between phases. Understanding these processes is critical in order for them to be subject to human control. The building of theoretical or computational models of them puts them into a theoretical framework in terms of which the behavior of the system can be understood on a detailed level. Theoretical and computational models are often capable of giving descriptions of interfacial phenomena that are more detailed, on a molecular level, than can be obtained through experimental observation. Advances in computer hardware have also made possible the treatment of larger and chemically more interesting systems. The study of interfacial phenomena is a multi-disciplinary endeavor which requires collaboration and communication among researchers in different fields and across different types of institutions. Because there are many important problems in this field much effort is being expended to understand these processes by industrial laboratories as well as by groups at universities. Our conference titled "Theoretical and Computational Approaches to Interface Phenomena" held at South Dakota State University, August 2-4, 1993 brought together over thirty scientists from industry and academia and three countries in the western hemisphere to discuss the modeling of interfacial phenomena.

Synopsis:

A dozen papers from an August 1993 conference in Brookings, South Dakota treat the modeling of phenomena that take place at boundaries between phases. Such modeling often reveals more about the behavior of a system than even the best observational methods. Among the topics are heterogeneous catalysis, surface diffusion, electrochemical phenomena, s