Ebook: High Pressure Molecular Science

For chemists, biochemists, physicists and materials scientists, pressure as an experimental variable represents a tool that provides unique information about the microscopic properties of the materials being studied. In addition to its use as a research tool for investigating the energetics, structure, dynamics and kinetics of molecular transformations of materials, pressure is also being used to modify the properties of materials to preserve or improve their properties.
The contributions collected here cover the main areas of high pressure research, including applications in materials science, condensed matter physics, chemistry and biochemistry. In addition, some papers offer more specialised aspects of high pressure studies. The book makes clear the impressive range of fundamental and applied problems that can be studied by high pressure techniques and also points towards a major growth of high pressure science and technology in the near future.

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For chemists, biochemists, physicists and materials scientists, pressure as an experimental variable represents a tool that provides unique information about the microscopic properties of the materials being studied. In addition to its use as a research tool for investigating the energetics, structure, dynamics and kinetics of molecular transformations of materials, pressure is also being used to modify the properties of materials to preserve or improve their properties.
The contributions collected here cover the main areas of high pressure research, including applications in materials science, condensed matter physics, chemistry and biochemistry. In addition, some papers offer more specialised aspects of high pressure studies. The book makes clear the impressive range of fundamental and applied problems that can be studied by high pressure techniques and also points towards a major growth of high pressure science and technology in the near future.

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For chemists, biochemists, physicists and materials scientists, pressure as an experimental variable represents a tool that provides unique information about the microscopic properties of the materials being studied. In addition to its use as a research tool for investigating the energetics, structure, dynamics and kinetics of molecular transformations of materials, pressure is also being used to modify the properties of materials to preserve or improve their properties.
The contributions collected here cover the main areas of high pressure research, including applications in materials science, condensed matter physics, chemistry and biochemistry. In addition, some papers offer more specialised aspects of high pressure studies. The book makes clear the impressive range of fundamental and applied problems that can be studied by high pressure techniques and also points towards a major growth of high pressure science and technology in the near future.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
High-Pressure Raman Scattering Studies of Fluids....Pages 1-23
Pressure Effects on Non-Linear Optical Phenomena....Pages 25-46
Pressure Effects on the Intramolecular Twist of Flexible Molecules In Solid Polymers....Pages 47-57
Molecular Dynamics Studies of High Pressure Transformations and Structures....Pages 59-85
Experimental Techniques in the Diamond Anvil Cell....Pages 87-101
How Accurate are High-Pressure Experiments?....Pages 103-108
Investigations of Semiconductor Band Structure Using High Pressure.....Pages 109-120
Critical- and Wetting-Phenomena Near the Liquid-Vapour Critical Point of Metals....Pages 121-149
Neutron Diffraction Studies of Liquid Alloys up to High Temperatures and Pressures....Pages 151-185
Mutual Solubility in the Solid Phase of Simple Molecular Systems at High Pressure....Pages 187-204
High Pressure Behaviour of the Vibrational Spectra of Mixtures in the Fluid Phase and at the Fluid-Solid Transition....Pages 205-218
Singular Solid-Liquid-Gas Like Phase Diagram of Neutral-to-Ionic Phase Transition....Pages 219-224
Structure of Carbon Black Particles....Pages 225-230
High-Resolution NMR Spectroscopy at High Pressure....Pages 231-259
Pressure-Enhanced Molecular Clustering in Liquid Dimethyl Sulfoxide Studied by Raman Spectroscopy....Pages 261-266
Inorganic and Bioinorganic Reaction Kinetics Under High Pressure....Pages 267-289
Effect of Pressure on Reaction Kinetics. The Components of the Activation Volume Revisited....Pages 291-311
Activation of Organic Reactions. High Pressure vs New Emerging Activation Modes....Pages 313-330
Free-Radical Polymerization Under High Pressure....Pages 331-367
Pressure Effects on Lyotropic Lipid Mesophases and Model Membrane Systems — Effects on the Structure, Phase Behaviour and Kinetics of Phase Transformations....Pages 369-403
Optical Spectroscopic Techniques in High Pressure Bioscience....Pages 405-422
High Hydrostatic Pressure and Enzymology....Pages 423-436
The Phase Diagram and the Pressure-Temperature Behavior of Proteins....Pages 437-472
Pressure Denaturation of Proteins....Pages 473-495
Hydrostatic Pressure as a Tool to Study Virus Assembly: Pressure-Inactivation of Viruses by Formation of Fusion Intermediate States....Pages 497-513
Structure and Stability of Wildtype and F29W Mutant Forms of the N-Domain of Avian Troponin C Subjected to High Pressures....Pages 515-521
High Pressure Effects on Protein Flexibility as Monitored by Tryptophan Phosphorescence....Pages 523-528
Stability Diagram of Lipoxygenase as Determined From H/D Exchange Kinetics and from Conformational Changes....Pages 529-533
FTIR as a Tool to Study Cold, Heat and Pressure Denaturation of Myoglobin....Pages 535-539
On the Use of the Term Osmotic Pressure....Pages 541-545
Back Matter....Pages 547-559

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For chemists, biochemists, physicists and materials scientists, pressure as an experimental variable represents a tool that provides unique information about the microscopic properties of the materials being studied. In addition to its use as a research tool for investigating the energetics, structure, dynamics and kinetics of molecular transformations of materials, pressure is also being used to modify the properties of materials to preserve or improve their properties.
The contributions collected here cover the main areas of high pressure research, including applications in materials science, condensed matter physics, chemistry and biochemistry. In addition, some papers offer more specialised aspects of high pressure studies. The book makes clear the impressive range of fundamental and applied problems that can be studied by high pressure techniques and also points towards a major growth of high pressure science and technology in the near future.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
High-Pressure Raman Scattering Studies of Fluids....Pages 1-23
Pressure Effects on Non-Linear Optical Phenomena....Pages 25-46
Pressure Effects on the Intramolecular Twist of Flexible Molecules In Solid Polymers....Pages 47-57
Molecular Dynamics Studies of High Pressure Transformations and Structures....Pages 59-85
Experimental Techniques in the Diamond Anvil Cell....Pages 87-101
How Accurate are High-Pressure Experiments?....Pages 103-108
Investigations of Semiconductor Band Structure Using High Pressure.....Pages 109-120
Critical- and Wetting-Phenomena Near the Liquid-Vapour Critical Point of Metals....Pages 121-149
Neutron Diffraction Studies of Liquid Alloys up to High Temperatures and Pressures....Pages 151-185
Mutual Solubility in the Solid Phase of Simple Molecular Systems at High Pressure....Pages 187-204
High Pressure Behaviour of the Vibrational Spectra of Mixtures in the Fluid Phase and at the Fluid-Solid Transition....Pages 205-218
Singular Solid-Liquid-Gas Like Phase Diagram of Neutral-to-Ionic Phase Transition....Pages 219-224
Structure of Carbon Black Particles....Pages 225-230
High-Resolution NMR Spectroscopy at High Pressure....Pages 231-259
Pressure-Enhanced Molecular Clustering in Liquid Dimethyl Sulfoxide Studied by Raman Spectroscopy....Pages 261-266
Inorganic and Bioinorganic Reaction Kinetics Under High Pressure....Pages 267-289
Effect of Pressure on Reaction Kinetics. The Components of the Activation Volume Revisited....Pages 291-311
Activation of Organic Reactions. High Pressure vs New Emerging Activation Modes....Pages 313-330
Free-Radical Polymerization Under High Pressure....Pages 331-367
Pressure Effects on Lyotropic Lipid Mesophases and Model Membrane Systems — Effects on the Structure, Phase Behaviour and Kinetics of Phase Transformations....Pages 369-403
Optical Spectroscopic Techniques in High Pressure Bioscience....Pages 405-422
High Hydrostatic Pressure and Enzymology....Pages 423-436
The Phase Diagram and the Pressure-Temperature Behavior of Proteins....Pages 437-472
Pressure Denaturation of Proteins....Pages 473-495
Hydrostatic Pressure as a Tool to Study Virus Assembly: Pressure-Inactivation of Viruses by Formation of Fusion Intermediate States....Pages 497-513
Structure and Stability of Wildtype and F29W Mutant Forms of the N-Domain of Avian Troponin C Subjected to High Pressures....Pages 515-521
High Pressure Effects on Protein Flexibility as Monitored by Tryptophan Phosphorescence....Pages 523-528
Stability Diagram of Lipoxygenase as Determined From H/D Exchange Kinetics and from Conformational Changes....Pages 529-533
FTIR as a Tool to Study Cold, Heat and Pressure Denaturation of Myoglobin....Pages 535-539
On the Use of the Term Osmotic Pressure....Pages 541-545
Back Matter....Pages 547-559
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