Advances in Chemical Physics, Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Multistep Nucleation and Self-Assembly in Nanoscale Materials.
Title:
Advances in Chemical Physics, Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Multistep Nucleation and Self-Assembly in Nanoscale Materials.
Author:
Nicolis, Gregoire.
ISBN:
9781118309476
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1 online resource (353 pages)
Series:
Advances in Chemical Physics ; v.151
Advances in Chemical Physics
Contents:
Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Multistep Nucleation and Self-Assembly in Nanoscale Materials: Advances in Chemical Physics Volume 151 -- CONTRIBUTORS -- PREFACE -- PREFACE TO THE SERIES -- CONTENTS -- KINETICS AND THERMODYNAMICS OF FLUCTUATION-INDUCED TRANSITIONS IN MULTISTABLE SYSTEMS -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. FORMULATION -- A. Stationary Distribution -- B. Exit from an Attraction Basin -- III. CLOSED SYSTEMS AND DETAILED BALANCE -- IV. GENERIC POTENTIALS AND THEIR UNFOLDINGS -- A. Transitions from 1 to 3 Occur Necessarily Through State 2 -- B. Transitions from 1 to 3 Need Not Occur Through State 2 -- V. KINETICS OF TRANSITIONS BETWEEN STATES: MAPPING INTO A DISCRETE MARKOV PROCESS -- A. Three Simultaneously Stable States (Seven-Steady-State Region) -- B. Two Simultaneously Stable States (Five-Steady-State Region) -- C. Two Simultaneously Stable States (Three-Steady-State Region) -- VI. IRREVERSIBLE THERMODYNAMICS OF FLUCTUATION-INDUCED TRANSITIONS -- VII. CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- DYNAMICAL RARE EVENT SIMULATION TECHNIQUES FOR EQUILIBRIUM AND NONEQUILIBRIUM SYSTEMS -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. REACTIVE FLUX METHOD -- III. TRANSITION PATH SAMPLING -- IV. TRANSITION INTERFACE SAMPLING -- V. PARTIAL PATH SAMPLING -- VI. FORWARD FLUX SAMPLING -- VII. REPLICA EXCHANGE TIS -- VIII. NUMERICAL EXAMPLE -- IX. CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CONFOCAL DEPOLARIZED DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. FUNDAMENTALS OF DEPOLARIZED SCATTERING: THE STATE OF THE ART -- III. THE TRADITIONAL APPROACH -- IV. THE NOVEL APPROACH -- V. THE OPTICAL LAYOUT -- VI. DATA REDUCTION SCHEME -- VII. RESULTS -- VIII. CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- THE TWO-STEP MECHANISM AND THE SOLUTION-CRYSTAL SPINODAL FOR NUCLEATION OF CRYSTALS IN SOLUTION -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. THE CLASSICAL NUCLEATION THEORY.
A. The Crystallization Driving Force -- B. The Thermodynamic Theory of J.W. Gibbs -- C. The Rate of Crystal Nucleation -- III. THE TWO-STEP MECHANISM AND THE SOLUTION-CRYSTAL SPINODAL -- A. Experimental Data on the Rate of Nucleation of Crystals -- B. The Nucleus Size and Solution-to-Crystal Spinodal -- C. The Classical Theory Overestimates the Crystal Nucleation Rate by 10 Orders of Magnitude -- D. The Two-Step Mechanism of Nucleation of Crystal in Solution -- E. Dense Liquid Clusters -- F. The Rate Law for the Two-Step Mechanism of Crystal Nucleation -- G. The Rate-determining Step in the Two-Step Nucleation Mechanism -- H. The Role of Heterogeneous Nucleation Substrates -- I. The Broad Applicability of the Two-Step Nucleation Mechanism -- IV. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF TWO-STEP NUCLEATION DURING TWO-DIMENSIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION OF COLLOIDAL PARTICLES WITH SHORT-RANGE ATTRACTION -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. EXPERIMENTAL METHODS: SAMPLE PREPARATION AND IMAGING -- III. ANALYSIS OF IMAGES: PARTICLE COORDINATES, AREA FRACTION, CLUSTER SIZES, AND CRYSTALLINE ORDER -- IV. RESULTS -- A. Single-Step and Two-Step Nucleation of Crystallites -- B. The Free Energy as a Function of Cluster Size -- C. Locating Samples on the Phase Diagram -- D. Measured Nucleation Rates -- V. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- ON THE ROLE OF METASTABLE INTERMEDIATE STATES IN THE HOMOGENEOUS NUCLEATION OF SOLIDS FROM SOLUTION -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. THE FREE ENERGY MODEL -- A. Density -- B. Gradient Expansion -- C. Bulk Free Energy -- D. Bulk Phase Diagram -- III. THERMODYNAMICS OF TWO STEP NUCLEATION -- A. Independent Variables and Ensembles -- B. Interaction Potentials and the Fluid Phase -- C. Solid Phase Diagrams and Intermediate Phases -- 1. Nucleation Scenarios for Globular Proteins.
2. Nucleation Scenarios for Simple Fluids -- D. A Simple Picture of Double Nucleation -- IV. GRADIENT COEFFICIENTS AND PLANAR INTERFACES -- A. Gradient Coefficients -- B. Planar Interfaces -- V. VAPOR-CRYSTAL NUCLEATION -- A. General Considerations -- B. Double Nucleation -- C. Transient Liquid State -- VI. CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- APPENDIX A: BULK SOLID PROPERTIES -- APPENDIX B: FORMAL RESULTS FOR GRADIENT COEFFICIENTS -- APPENDIX C: STEEPEST DESCENT AND DYNAMICS -- REFERENCES -- EFFECTS OF PROTEIN SIZE ON THE HIGH-CONCENTRATION/LOW-CONCENTRATION PHASE TRANSITION -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. MODELING STRUCTURE AND INTERACTION OF GLOBULAR PROTEINS -- III. METHODOLOGY -- A. Model and Monte Carlo Method -- B. Surface Tension Measurement -- IV. MOLECULAR SIZE EFFECTS ON THE METASTABLE PROTEIN-RICH/PROTEIN-POOR PHASE COEXISTENCE -- V. SURFACE TENSION -- VI. NUCLEATION AND PROTEIN SIZE -- VII. CONCLUSION AND FINAL REMARKS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- GEOMETRIC CONSTRAINTS IN THE SELF-ASSEMBLY OF MINERAL DENDRITES AND PLATELETS -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. DESCRIPTION OF THE MODEL -- III. ISLAND GROWTH IN d = 2 -- IV. ISLAND GROWTH IN d = 3 -- V. DISCUSSION -- VI. CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- WHAT CAN MESOSCOPIC LEVEL IN SITU OBSERVATIONS TEACH US ABOUT KINETICS AND THERMODYNAMICS OF PROTEIN CRYSTALLIZATION? -- I. INTRODUCTION -- A. Protein Crystallization: An Intricate Part of Structure Determination -- B. Protein Crystallization In Vivo -- C. Model System for Self-Assembly in General -- II. TECHNIQUES FOR MESOSCALE IN SITU OBSERVATIONS OF PROTEIN CRYSTAL GROWTH -- A. F-Faces -- B. Measuring Growth Kinetics with AFM, LCM-DIM, and PSMI -- C. Spatial and Temporal Resolution -- D. Optimal Operational Range -- III. PROTEIN CRYSTAL GROWTH CLOSE TO EQUILIBRIUM -- A. Enthalpy and Entropy of Crystallization.
1. Solubility Curve Determination -- 2. Determination of Enthalpy and Entropy of Crystallization -- B. Step Dynamics -- C. Elementary Acts of Crystal Growth -- D. Growth Unit Pathways Toward the Kink -- IV. PROTEIN CRYSTAL GROWTH AT INTERMEDIATE DRIVING FORCES -- A. Polyhedral Stability-Limit: Starvation Flaws -- 1. Instability Mechanism: The Berg Effect -- 2. Stability Mechanism: Face Kinetic Coefficient Anisotropy -- B. 2D Hillocks -- V. GROWTH KINETICS AT HIGH SUPERSATURATION LEVELS -- A. Kinetic Roughening -- VI. IMPURITY EFFECTS ON PROTEIN CRYSTAL GROWTH -- A. Deceleration of Step Advancement by Impurities -- B. Impurity Adsorption Sites -- C. Adsorption Sites, Supersaturation Dependencies, and Relevant Timescales -- D. Impurity Effect on 2D Nucleation -- VII. CONCLUDING REMARKS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- THE ABILITY OF SILICA TO INDUCE BIOMIMETIC CRYSTALLIZATION OF CALCIUM CARBONATE -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. EXPERIMENTAL SECTION -- A. Crystallization Experiments -- B. Analytical Methods -- 1. Visual Observations -- 2. Light Microscopy -- 3. Electron Microscopy -- 4. Turbidity Measurements -- 5. X-ray Diffraction -- III. RESULTS -- A. Stabilization of ACC in the Presence of Silica -- B. Crystallization of CaCO3 from Silica-Coated ACC -- C. Morphology and Texture of the Final Crystalline Products -- D. Crystal Polymorphism and Composition -- IV. DISCUSSION -- V. CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- AUTHOR INDEX -- SUBJECT INDEX.
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The Advances in Chemical Physics seriesâÂÂthe cutting edge of research in chemical physics The Advances in Chemical Physics series provides the chemical physics and physical chemistry fields with a forum for critical, authoritative evaluations of advances in every area of the discipline. Filled with cutting-edge research reported in a cohesive manner not found elsewhere in the literature, each volume of the Advances in Chemical Physics series presents contributions from internationally renowned chemists and serves as the perfect supplement to any advanced graduate class devoted to the study of chemical physics. This volume explores: Kinetics and thermodynamics of fluctuation-induced transitions in multistable systems (G. Nicolis and C. Nicolis) Dynamical rare event simulation techniques for equilibrium and nonequilibrium systems (Titus S. van Erp) Confocal depolarized dynamic light scattering (M. Potenza, T. Sanvito, V. Degiorgio, and M. Giglio) The two-step mechanism and the solution-crystal spinodal for nucleation of crystals in solution (Peter G. Vekilov) Experimental studies of two-step nucleation during two-dimensional crystallization of colloidal particles with short-range attraction (John R. Savage, Liquan Pei, and Anthony D. Dinsmore) On the role of metastable intermediate states in the homogeneous nucleation of solids from solution (James F. Lutsko) Effects of protein size on the high-concentration/low-concentration phase transition (Patrick Grosfils) Geometric constraints in the self-assembly of mineral dendrites and platelets (John J. Kozak) What can mesoscopic level in situ observations teach us about kinetics and thermodynamics of protein crystallization? (Mike Sleutel, Dominique Maes, and Alexander Van Driessche) The ability of silica to induce biomimetic crystallization of calcium
carbonate (Matthias Kellermeier, Emilio Melero-GarcÃÂa, Werner Kunz, and Juan Manuel GarcÃÂa-Ruiz).
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