Overview
- Comprehensive description of pattern formation in non-equilibrium systems
- Wide range of chemical, biological and fluid-mechanical applications
- Novel applications to active media essential to the analysis of living systems and biomorphic technology
Part of the book series: Springer Series in Synergetics (SSSYN)
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Spontaneous pattern formation in nonlinear dissipative systems far from equilibrium is a paradigmatic case of emergent behaviour associated with complex systems. It is encountered in a great variety of settings, both in nature and technology, and has numerous applications ranging from nonlinear optics through solid and fluid mechanics, physical chemistry and chemical engineering to biology.
This book is a first-hand account by one of the leading players in this field, which gives in-depth descriptions of analytical methods elucidating the complex evolution of nonlinear dissipative systems, and brings the reader to the forefront of current research.
Since the publication of the first edition, applications of the theory of nonlinear dynamics have been substantially extended to the novel area of active systems, largely motivated by problems of biophysics and biomorphic technology. These problems typically involve media with internal orientation. This new edition incorporates a chapter discussing dynamics of liquids and soft solids with internal orientation, including special features of their instabilities and motion of topological defects, which form the background for various applications to the motion of cells, tissues, and activated soft materials. The contents of the first edition have also been substantially reworked, improving graphics, emphasizing more complex secondary instabilities, and dropping some material pertaining to dynamical systems.
This book caters for graduate students and young researchers from many pertinent areas including applied mathematics, physical chemistry, chemical engineering and biophysics, as well as the seasoned scientist in search of a modern source of reference.
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Book Title: Patterns and Interfaces in Dissipative Dynamics
Book Subtitle: Revised and Extended, Now also Covering Patterns of Active Matter
Authors: Len Pismen
Series Title: Springer Series in Synergetics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29579-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-29578-2Published: 13 June 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-29581-2Due: 14 July 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-29579-9Published: 12 June 2023
Series ISSN: 0172-7389
Series E-ISSN: 2198-333X
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XVII, 386
Number of Illustrations: 113 b/w illustrations, 58 illustrations in colour
Topics: Complex Systems, Developmental Biology, Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics, Classical and Continuum Physics, Math. Applications in Chemistry, Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory