Chemical Complexity Self-Organization Processes in Molecular Systems /

• Main Authors: Mikhailov, Alexander S. (Author), Ertl, Gerhard (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: The Frontiers Collection,
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Physical chemistry.; Systems biology.; Complexity, Computational.; Materials > Surfaces.; Thin films.; Physical Chemistry.; Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory.; Complexity.; Systems Biology.; Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films.

This book provides an outline of theoretical concepts and their experimental verification in studies of self-organization phenomena in chemical systems, as they emerged in the mid-20th century and have evolved since. Presenting essays on selected topics, it was prepared by authors who have made prof...

Table of Contents:

• Self-organization vs. self-assembly
• Thermodynamics of open systems
• The Turing instability
• Waves in the heart
• The Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction
• Surface catalysis
• Corrosion of steels
• Nonequilibrium soft matter
• Phase transitions in reactive systems
• Self-organization in biological cells
• Protein machines and molecular motors
• Active propulsion on microscales
• Oscillators and synchronization phenomena
• Chemical chaos
• Network problems
• Design and control of self-organizing systems
• Open problems and application perspectives.