Course Description Covers classical thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. Fundamental laws of thermodynamics, thermodynamics potentials and Legendre transforms, equations of state, chemical equilibrium, statistical mechanics, relationship between entropy and probabilities, classical gasses, liquids, and solids, pair correlation functions, Ising model, renormalization group theory, Brownian ...

Ionic liquids, being composed entirely of ions, were once mainly of interest to electrochemists. Recently, however, it has become apparent that, inter alia, their lack of measurable vapor pressure characterizes them as green solvents, and that a wide range of chemical reactions (reviewed here) can be performed in them.

Need for an online hazardous waste tracking system Suneel Pandey Hazardous waste management is one of the most challenging aspects of any environmental management system for any industry. There are more than 50 000 chemical substances, with one million combinations, used in industrial activities. Hazardous wastes – in the form of solids, liquids gases or sludge – are generated by a wide range o...

Elucidating the fundamental mechanisms of nanocrystal growth necessitates the utilization of high spatial resolution imaging techniques that are capable of directly imaging individual nucleation and growth events within a liquid phase. By combining time-resolved imaging datasets with quantitative image analysis algorithms, the factors controlling chemical transformations can be determined by an...

This book was written by Alan Hinchliffe, Reader in Chemistry at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (Manchester, England, UK). The author’s intention is to explain the procedures by which the properties of atoms, small and large molecules, solids, polymeric materials and liquids can be modeled. The present book is related to the author’s earlier book Modeling Molec...

Luís C. Branco1, Gonçalo V.S.M. Carrera1, João Aires-de-Sousa1, Ignacio Lopez Martin2, Raquel Frade3 and Carlos A.M. Afonso3 1REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica 2Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad de Extremadura, Cáceres E-10071, 3CQFM, Centro de Química-Física Molecular, IN Institu...

A frontier to be conquered in the field of membrane technology is related to the very limited scientific base for the rational and task-specific design of membranes. This is especially true for nanofiltration membranes with properties that are based on several solute-membrane interaction mechanisms. "Thinking in terms of Structure-Activity-Relationships" (T-SAR) is a methodology which applies a...

Ionic liquids are receiving much attention as environmentally benign media for reactions, separations, and multidisciplinary chemistry, due to their unique physicochemical properties which include non-volatility, high stability, high ionic conductivity, wide electrochemical window and easy recyclability. We summarize herein microemulsion formulations and applications where ionic liquids are use...