Ebook: Advances in Sensing with Security Applications: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, held in St. Etienne de Tinee, France, August 28-September 11, 2004
- Tags: Complexity, Soft Matter Complex Fluids, Biophysics/Biomedical Physics
- Series: NATO Science Series II: Mathematics Physics and Chemistry 218
- Year: 2006
- Publisher: Springer Netherlands
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Nano-science and nano-technology are rapidly developing scientific and technological areas that deal with physical, chemical and biological processes that occur on nano-meter scale – one millionth of a millimeter. Self-organization and pattern formation play crucial role on nano-scales and promise new, effective routes to control various nano-scales processes. This book contains lecture notes written by the lecturers of the NATO Advanced Study Institute "Self-Assembly, Pattern Formation and Growth Phenomena in Nano-Systems" that took place in St Etienne de Tinee, France, in the fall 2004. They give examples of self-organization phenomena on micro- and nano-scale as well as examples of the interplay between phenomena on nano- and macro-scales leading to complex behavior in various physical, chemical and biological systems. They discuss such fascinating nano-scale self-organization phenomena as self-assembly of quantum dots in thin solid films, pattern formation in liquid crystals caused by light, self-organization of micro-tubules and molecular motors, as well as basic physical and chemical phenomena that lead to self-assembly of the most important molecule on the basis of which most of living organisms are built – DNA. A review of general features of all pattern forming systems is also given. The authors of these lecture notes are the leading experts in the field of self-organization, pattern formation and nonlinear dynamics in non-equilibrium, complex systems.
Nano-science and nano-technology are rapidly developing scientific and technological areas that deal with physical, chemical and biological processes that occur on nano-meter scale – one millionth of a millimeter. Self-organization and pattern formation play crucial role on nano-scales and promise new, effective routes to control various nano-scales processes. This book contains lecture notes written by the lecturers of the NATO Advanced Study Institute "Self-Assembly, Pattern Formation and Growth Phenomena in Nano-Systems" that took place in St Etienne de Tinee, France, in the fall 2004. They give examples of self-organization phenomena on micro- and nano-scale as well as examples of the interplay between phenomena on nano- and macro-scales leading to complex behavior in various physical, chemical and biological systems. They discuss such fascinating nano-scale self-organization phenomena as self-assembly of quantum dots in thin solid films, pattern formation in liquid crystals caused by light, self-organization of micro-tubules and molecular motors, as well as basic physical and chemical phenomena that lead to self-assembly of the most important molecule on the basis of which most of living organisms are built – DNA. A review of general features of all pattern forming systems is also given. The authors of these lecture notes are the leading experts in the field of self-organization, pattern formation and nonlinear dynamics in non-equilibrium, complex systems.
Nano-science and nano-technology are rapidly developing scientific and technological areas that deal with physical, chemical and biological processes that occur on nano-meter scale – one millionth of a millimeter. Self-organization and pattern formation play crucial role on nano-scales and promise new, effective routes to control various nano-scales processes. This book contains lecture notes written by the lecturers of the NATO Advanced Study Institute "Self-Assembly, Pattern Formation and Growth Phenomena in Nano-Systems" that took place in St Etienne de Tinee, France, in the fall 2004. They give examples of self-organization phenomena on micro- and nano-scale as well as examples of the interplay between phenomena on nano- and macro-scales leading to complex behavior in various physical, chemical and biological systems. They discuss such fascinating nano-scale self-organization phenomena as self-assembly of quantum dots in thin solid films, pattern formation in liquid crystals caused by light, self-organization of micro-tubules and molecular motors, as well as basic physical and chemical phenomena that lead to self-assembly of the most important molecule on the basis of which most of living organisms are built – DNA. A review of general features of all pattern forming systems is also given. The authors of these lecture notes are the leading experts in the field of self-organization, pattern formation and nonlinear dynamics in non-equilibrium, complex systems.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XXIV
GENERAL ASPECTS OF PATTERN FORMATION....Pages 1-54
CONVECTIVE PATTERNS IN LIQUID CRYSTALS DRIVEN BY ELECTRIC FIELD....Pages 55-82
DYNAMICAL PHENOMENA INNEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS INDUCED BY LIGHT....Pages 83-122
SELF-ASSEMBLY OF QUANTUM DOTS FROM THIN SOLID FILMS....Pages 123-158
MACROSCOPIC AND MESOPHYSICS TOGETHER: THE MOVING CONTACT LINE PROBLEM REVISITED....Pages 159-166
NANOSCALE EFFECTS IN MESOSCOPIC FILMS....Pages 167-193
DYNAMICS OF THERMAL POLYMERIZATIONWAVES....Pages 195-245
SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERN FORMATION IN SOLID FUEL COMBUSTION....Pages 247-282
SELF-ORGANIZATION OF MICROTUBULES AND MOTORS....Pages 283-294
PHYSICS OF DNA....Pages 295-326
Back Matter....Pages 327-327
Nano-science and nano-technology are rapidly developing scientific and technological areas that deal with physical, chemical and biological processes that occur on nano-meter scale – one millionth of a millimeter. Self-organization and pattern formation play crucial role on nano-scales and promise new, effective routes to control various nano-scales processes. This book contains lecture notes written by the lecturers of the NATO Advanced Study Institute "Self-Assembly, Pattern Formation and Growth Phenomena in Nano-Systems" that took place in St Etienne de Tinee, France, in the fall 2004. They give examples of self-organization phenomena on micro- and nano-scale as well as examples of the interplay between phenomena on nano- and macro-scales leading to complex behavior in various physical, chemical and biological systems. They discuss such fascinating nano-scale self-organization phenomena as self-assembly of quantum dots in thin solid films, pattern formation in liquid crystals caused by light, self-organization of micro-tubules and molecular motors, as well as basic physical and chemical phenomena that lead to self-assembly of the most important molecule on the basis of which most of living organisms are built – DNA. A review of general features of all pattern forming systems is also given. The authors of these lecture notes are the leading experts in the field of self-organization, pattern formation and nonlinear dynamics in non-equilibrium, complex systems.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XXIV
GENERAL ASPECTS OF PATTERN FORMATION....Pages 1-54
CONVECTIVE PATTERNS IN LIQUID CRYSTALS DRIVEN BY ELECTRIC FIELD....Pages 55-82
DYNAMICAL PHENOMENA INNEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS INDUCED BY LIGHT....Pages 83-122
SELF-ASSEMBLY OF QUANTUM DOTS FROM THIN SOLID FILMS....Pages 123-158
MACROSCOPIC AND MESOPHYSICS TOGETHER: THE MOVING CONTACT LINE PROBLEM REVISITED....Pages 159-166
NANOSCALE EFFECTS IN MESOSCOPIC FILMS....Pages 167-193
DYNAMICS OF THERMAL POLYMERIZATIONWAVES....Pages 195-245
SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERN FORMATION IN SOLID FUEL COMBUSTION....Pages 247-282
SELF-ORGANIZATION OF MICROTUBULES AND MOTORS....Pages 283-294
PHYSICS OF DNA....Pages 295-326
Back Matter....Pages 327-327
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