Ebook: High Pressure Chemistry, Biochemistry and Materials Science

This monograph, which is the outcome of the ASI on High Pressure Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Materials Science, illustrates new developments in the field of high pressure science. In fact, for chemists, biochemists, and materials scientists, pressure as an experimental variable represents a tool which provides unique information about systems of materials studied. It is interesting to note how the growth of the high pressure field is also reflected in the content of the recent ASI's dealing with this field. The ASI High Pressure Chemistry held in 1977 was followed by the ASI High Pressure Chemistry and Biochemistry held in 1986, and the coverage of the present ASI also includes applications to materials science. In view of the teaching character of the ASI, it is natural that main contributions to this volume present overviews of the different subfields or applications of high pressure research. In contrast, contributed papers offer more specialized aspects of various high pressure studies. The various contributions to this volume make clear the impressive range of fundamental and applied problems that can be studied by high pressure techniques, and also point towards a major growth of high pressure science and technology in the near future. This ASI focused mainly on advances achieved in the six years since the previous ASI devoted to the high pressure field. The organization of this volume is as follows.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
High Pressure Equations of State: Theory and Applications....Pages 1-41
Some Recent Applications of Pressure Tuning Spectroscopy....Pages 43-65
High Pressure Chemistry in the Solid State; Pressure Induced Molecular Rearrangements in Rigid Media....Pages 67-77
Recent Developments in Diamond-Anvil Cells....Pages 79-99
Applications of Diamond-Anvil Cells to Materials Science....Pages 101-119
Ultra high pressure experiments on high-Tc superconductors....Pages 121-146
Fluid Alkali Metals at High Temperatures and Pressures....Pages 147-166
Neutron and X-Ray Scattering of Fluids at High Pressure and High Temperature....Pages 167-199
Selected Thermodynamic Aspects of the Influence of Pressure on Polymer Systems....Pages 201-224
Molecular Modeling of the Influence of Pressure on Fluid and Glassy State Behaviour....Pages 225-246
Combustion and Diffusion Flames in Supercritical Aqueous Fluids at High Pressures....Pages 247-263
Raman Spectroscopy of Ammonia Monohydrate to 13.5 Gpa....Pages 265-274
The High Pressure Viscosity of Simple and Polymeric Fluids....Pages 275-290
Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Dense Cyclohexane in Porous Silica....Pages 291-297
High Pressure Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance Studies of Hydrogen Bonded Systems.....Pages 299-308
High Pressure Mechanistic Studies of Inorganic and Organometallic Systems....Pages 309-328
Bioinorganic Kinetics at Elevated Pressure. Application of Stop-Ped-Flow, T-Jump, Flash-Photolysis and Pulse-Radiolysis Techniques....Pages 329-344
High Pressure Kinetic Effects as Mechanistic Probes in Organic Chemistry....Pages 345-366
The Future of High Pressure Organic Synthesis....Pages 367-392
High Pressure NMR Studies of Chemical and Biochemical Systems....Pages 393-441
The Behaviour of Proteins Under Pressure....Pages 443-469
Pressure Dissociation of The Smaller Oligomers: Dimers and Tetramers....Pages 471-487
Relations of Bond Energies and Entropy With Volume, Pressure and Temperature in Protein Aggregates....Pages 489-509
High Pressure Vibrational Spectroscopic Studies of Aqueous Biological Systems: From Model Systems to Intact Tissues....Pages 511-543
Volumetric Properties of Model Biomembranes....Pages 545-560
Effects of Pressure on Large Multimeric Proteins and Viruses....Pages 561-578
Pressure Studies on Protein-Dna Interactions....Pages 579-602
The Effect of The Lipid Matrix on the Response of A Membrane Enzyme to High Pressure....Pages 603-617
Dissociation of Large Oligomeric Proteins By High Hydrostatic Pressure: Dynamic Light Scattering Studies....Pages 619-626
Comments on Trends in High Pressure Research....Pages 627-634
Back Matter....Pages 635-645

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
High Pressure Equations of State: Theory and Applications....Pages 1-41
Some Recent Applications of Pressure Tuning Spectroscopy....Pages 43-65
High Pressure Chemistry in the Solid State; Pressure Induced Molecular Rearrangements in Rigid Media....Pages 67-77
Recent Developments in Diamond-Anvil Cells....Pages 79-99
Applications of Diamond-Anvil Cells to Materials Science....Pages 101-119
Ultra high pressure experiments on high-Tc superconductors....Pages 121-146
Fluid Alkali Metals at High Temperatures and Pressures....Pages 147-166
Neutron and X-Ray Scattering of Fluids at High Pressure and High Temperature....Pages 167-199
Selected Thermodynamic Aspects of the Influence of Pressure on Polymer Systems....Pages 201-224
Molecular Modeling of the Influence of Pressure on Fluid and Glassy State Behaviour....Pages 225-246
Combustion and Diffusion Flames in Supercritical Aqueous Fluids at High Pressures....Pages 247-263
Raman Spectroscopy of Ammonia Monohydrate to 13.5 Gpa....Pages 265-274
The High Pressure Viscosity of Simple and Polymeric Fluids....Pages 275-290
Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Dense Cyclohexane in Porous Silica....Pages 291-297
High Pressure Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance Studies of Hydrogen Bonded Systems.....Pages 299-308
High Pressure Mechanistic Studies of Inorganic and Organometallic Systems....Pages 309-328
Bioinorganic Kinetics at Elevated Pressure. Application of Stop-Ped-Flow, T-Jump, Flash-Photolysis and Pulse-Radiolysis Techniques....Pages 329-344
High Pressure Kinetic Effects as Mechanistic Probes in Organic Chemistry....Pages 345-366
The Future of High Pressure Organic Synthesis....Pages 367-392
High Pressure NMR Studies of Chemical and Biochemical Systems....Pages 393-441
The Behaviour of Proteins Under Pressure....Pages 443-469
Pressure Dissociation of The Smaller Oligomers: Dimers and Tetramers....Pages 471-487
Relations of Bond Energies and Entropy With Volume, Pressure and Temperature in Protein Aggregates....Pages 489-509
High Pressure Vibrational Spectroscopic Studies of Aqueous Biological Systems: From Model Systems to Intact Tissues....Pages 511-543
Volumetric Properties of Model Biomembranes....Pages 545-560
Effects of Pressure on Large Multimeric Proteins and Viruses....Pages 561-578
Pressure Studies on Protein-Dna Interactions....Pages 579-602
The Effect of The Lipid Matrix on the Response of A Membrane Enzyme to High Pressure....Pages 603-617
Dissociation of Large Oligomeric Proteins By High Hydrostatic Pressure: Dynamic Light Scattering Studies....Pages 619-626
Comments on Trends in High Pressure Research....Pages 627-634
Back Matter....Pages 635-645
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