Ebook: Correlations and Connectivity: Geometric Aspects of Physics, Chemistry and Biology

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-2
Physics & Geometry: The Theory of Finite Size Scaling....Pages 3-20
Correlations in Thermal & Geometrical Systems....Pages 21-33
Damage Spreading: The Ising Model & Spin Glasses....Pages 34-42
Damage Spreading: The Search for Multifractality & Multiscaling....Pages 43-55
Lattice Gas Automata....Pages 56-65
On the Power Laws at the Fractal to Euclidean Crossover....Pages 66-73
Dynamics of Interface Growth: Numerical Solution of a Continuum Equation....Pages 74-80
Growth Models for Rough Surfaces with Correlated Noise....Pages 81-87
The Physics of Powders....Pages 88-107
Space-Filling Bearings....Pages 108-120
Vortex-Antivortex Pairing of Holes in Frustrated XY Spin Systems....Pages 121-130
Front Matter....Pages 131-132
Relaxation, Glass Formation, Nucleation, & Rupture in Normal and “Water-Like” Liquids at Low Temperatures and/or Negative Pressures....Pages 133-160
The Arrhenius Law versus the Vogel Law....Pages 161-166
Liquid Water: Theory & Experiment....Pages 167-187
Hydrogen-Bond Structures in Water & Ice....Pages 188-197
Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Water....Pages 198-213
Dynamics of the Hydrogen Bond Network in Simulated Liquid Water....Pages 214-224
Dynamics of Confined Water....Pages 225-230
Molecules and Microstructures....Pages 231-243
Phase Transitions & Pattern Formation in Monolayers....Pages 244-252
Front Matter....Pages 253-254
Gelation Transition versus Percolation Theory....Pages 255-261
Emergence of Biological Function in the Framework of a Percolation Model....Pages 262-265
Hydration, Protons, & Onset of Biological Function: A Percolation Approach....Pages 266-271
Anhydrous Biology & Glass Transitions....Pages 272-275
Protein Hydration, Protonic Percolation, and Connectivity....Pages 276-280
Heterochrony as a Generalizable Principle in Biological Dynamics....Pages 281-294
Front Matter....Pages 295-296
Breath Figures....Pages 297-298
Defects in Lamellar Phases of Amphiphile-Water Systems....Pages 299-300
Spatial & Temporal Correlations in Surface Reactions....Pages 301-303
Quantitative Experiments & Theoretical Aspects in Electrodeposition without a Supporting Electrolyte....Pages 304-305
Properties of the Growth Probability Distribution of DLA in a Cylindrical Geometry....Pages 306-307
Fixed Scale Transformation Approach to Fractal Growth in Three Dimensions....Pages 308-309
Multifractal Spectra of Large Scale Oil-Reservoir Properties....Pages 310-312
Universally Correlated Scale-Invariant Sidebranching in Propagation of a Two-Dimensional Cracking Growth....Pages 313-316
Elasticity of Rigid Networks....Pages 317-317
Geometrical Properties of Clusters, Percolation Transitions, & the Ising Singularity....Pages 318-319
A Lattice Boltzmann Scheme for the Burger Equation....Pages 320-321
Scaling in Apollonian Gaskets....Pages 322-323
Screening in Liquid Water....Pages 324-326
Back Matter....Pages 327-330

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-2
Physics & Geometry: The Theory of Finite Size Scaling....Pages 3-20
Correlations in Thermal & Geometrical Systems....Pages 21-33
Damage Spreading: The Ising Model & Spin Glasses....Pages 34-42
Damage Spreading: The Search for Multifractality & Multiscaling....Pages 43-55
Lattice Gas Automata....Pages 56-65
On the Power Laws at the Fractal to Euclidean Crossover....Pages 66-73
Dynamics of Interface Growth: Numerical Solution of a Continuum Equation....Pages 74-80
Growth Models for Rough Surfaces with Correlated Noise....Pages 81-87
The Physics of Powders....Pages 88-107
Space-Filling Bearings....Pages 108-120
Vortex-Antivortex Pairing of Holes in Frustrated XY Spin Systems....Pages 121-130
Front Matter....Pages 131-132
Relaxation, Glass Formation, Nucleation, & Rupture in Normal and “Water-Like” Liquids at Low Temperatures and/or Negative Pressures....Pages 133-160
The Arrhenius Law versus the Vogel Law....Pages 161-166
Liquid Water: Theory & Experiment....Pages 167-187
Hydrogen-Bond Structures in Water & Ice....Pages 188-197
Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Water....Pages 198-213
Dynamics of the Hydrogen Bond Network in Simulated Liquid Water....Pages 214-224
Dynamics of Confined Water....Pages 225-230
Molecules and Microstructures....Pages 231-243
Phase Transitions & Pattern Formation in Monolayers....Pages 244-252
Front Matter....Pages 253-254
Gelation Transition versus Percolation Theory....Pages 255-261
Emergence of Biological Function in the Framework of a Percolation Model....Pages 262-265
Hydration, Protons, & Onset of Biological Function: A Percolation Approach....Pages 266-271
Anhydrous Biology & Glass Transitions....Pages 272-275
Protein Hydration, Protonic Percolation, and Connectivity....Pages 276-280
Heterochrony as a Generalizable Principle in Biological Dynamics....Pages 281-294
Front Matter....Pages 295-296
Breath Figures....Pages 297-298
Defects in Lamellar Phases of Amphiphile-Water Systems....Pages 299-300
Spatial & Temporal Correlations in Surface Reactions....Pages 301-303
Quantitative Experiments & Theoretical Aspects in Electrodeposition without a Supporting Electrolyte....Pages 304-305
Properties of the Growth Probability Distribution of DLA in a Cylindrical Geometry....Pages 306-307
Fixed Scale Transformation Approach to Fractal Growth in Three Dimensions....Pages 308-309
Multifractal Spectra of Large Scale Oil-Reservoir Properties....Pages 310-312
Universally Correlated Scale-Invariant Sidebranching in Propagation of a Two-Dimensional Cracking Growth....Pages 313-316
Elasticity of Rigid Networks....Pages 317-317
Geometrical Properties of Clusters, Percolation Transitions, & the Ising Singularity....Pages 318-319
A Lattice Boltzmann Scheme for the Burger Equation....Pages 320-321
Scaling in Apollonian Gaskets....Pages 322-323
Screening in Liquid Water....Pages 324-326
Back Matter....Pages 327-330
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