Developments in Mathematical and Experimental Physics

The first part is devoted to colloidal particles and stochastic dynamics, mainly concerned with recent authoritative results in the study of interactions between colloidal particles and transport properties in colloids and ferrocolloids. Recent advances in non-equilibrium statistical physics, such as stochastic resonance, Brownian motors, ratchets and noise-induced transport are also reported.
The second part deals with biological systems and polymers. Here, standard simulation methodology to treat diffusional dynamics of multi-protein systems and proton transport in macromolecules is presented. Results of nervous system, spectroscopy of biological membrane models, and Monte Carlo simulations of polymers chains are also discussed.
The third part is concerned with granular materials and quantum systems, in particular an effective-medium theory for a random system is reported. Additionally, a comprehensive treatment of spin and charge order in the vortex lattice of the cuprates, both theoretical and experimental, is included. Thermodynamics analogies between Bose-Einstein condensation and black-body radiation are also presented.
The last part of the book contains recent developments of certain topics of liquid crystals and molecular fluids, including nonequilibrium thermal light scattering from nematic liquid crystals, relaxation in the kinetic Ising model on the periodic in homogeneous chain, models for thermotropic liquid-crystals, thermodynamic properties of fluids with discrete potentials as well as of fluids determined from the speed of sound effective potentials, and second viral coefficient for polar fluids.

Inhalt

Preface. Contributing Authors.
Part I: Colloidal Particles and Stochastic Dynamics. Interaction between colloidal particles; R. Castañeda-Priego, et al. Self-diffusion of colloidal particles in two-dimensional porous media; A. Ramirez-Saito, J.L. Arauz-Lara. Short-time transport properties in colloids; O. Alarcón-Waess. Rotational diffusion in a ferrocolloid; M. Hernández-Contreras. Dynamics of colloidal particles; J.M. Méndez-Alcaraz, O. Alarcón-Waess. Rotating unstable Langevin-type dynamics and nonlinear effects; J.I. Jiménez-Aquino, M. Romero-Bastida. Mesoscopic thermodynamics for Brownian particles; M. Mayorga. Chaos and transport in deterministic inertial ratchets; J.L. Mateos. Stochastically driven ratchets; E. Cortés.
Part II: Biological Systems and Polymer. Computer simulation meets molecular biology; V. Helms, et al. From neuron to brain: Statistical physics of the nervous system; P.H.E. Tiesinga. Elastic vibrational of nanoparticles; E. Haro-Poniatowski, et al. Vibrational Spectroscopy of Biological Membrane Models; M. Picquart. Polymer chain collapse in supercritical fluids; C. Ortiz-Estrada, et al.
Part III: Granular Materials and Quantum Systems. Amperian magnetism in the dynamic response of granular materials; R.G. Barrera, A. Garcia-Valenzueal. Spin and charge order in the vortex lattice of the cuprates: experiment and theory; S. Sachdev. Thermodynamic analogies between Bose-Einstein condensation and black-body radiation; V. Romero-Rochin, V.S. Bagnato.
Part IV: Liquid Crystals and Molecular Fluids. Nonequilibrium thermal light scattering from nematic liquid crystals; R.F. Rodriguez, J.F. Camacho. Relaxation in the kinetic Ising model on the periodic inhomogeneous chain; L.L. Gonçalves, et al. Primitive models for thermotropic liquid-crystals; N. Ibarra-Avalos, et al. Modeling thermodynamic properties of fluids with discrete potentials; A.L. Benavides, A. Gil-Villegas. Thermodynamic properties of fluids determined from the speed of sound; A.F. Estrada-Alexanders, D. Justo. Effective potentials and second virial coefficient for polar fluids; F. del Rio, E. Ávalos.