Advances in the Atomic-Scale Modeling of Nanosystems and Nanostructured Materials

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Massobrio, Carlo (Editor), Bulou, Hervé (Editor), Goyhenex, Christine (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 795
• Subjects: Engineering.; Condensed matter.; Solid state physics.; Surfaces (Physics).; Interfaces (Physical sciences).; Thin films.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Nanotechnology.; Nanotechnology and Microengineering.; Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films.; Solid State Physics.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.

The book covers a variety of applications of modern atomic-scale modeling of materials in the area of nanoscience and nanostructured systems. By highlighting the most recent achievements obtained within a single institute, at the forefront of material science studies, the authors are able to provide...

Table of Contents:

• Collective Electron Dynamics in Metallic and Semiconductor Nanostructures
• Weak Chemical Interaction and van der Waals Forces: A Combined Density Functional and Intermolecular Perturbation Theory #x2013; Application to Graphite and Graphitic Systems
• Reactive Simulations for Biochemical Processes
• Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Liquid-Crystalline Dendritic Architectures
• Surface Diffusion on Inhomogeneous Surfaces
• Electronic, Magnetic and Spectroscopic Properties of Vanadium, Chromium and Manganese Nanostructures
• Electronic Structure and Magnetism of Double Perovskite Systems
• Effect of Spin-Orbit Coupling on the Magnetic Properties of Materials: Theory
• Effect of Spin-Orbit Coupling on the Magnetic Properties of Materials: Results
• Nanostructural Units in Disordered Network-Forming Materials and the Origin of Intermediate Range Order.