Molecular Thermodynamics of Complex Systems

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

   PDF

2. Density Functional Theory for Liquid Structure and Thermodynamics

   • J.Z. Wu

   Pages 1-73

3. Thermodynamic Modeling of Complex Systems

   • Matthias Kleiner, Feelly Tumakaka, Gabriele Sadowski

   Pages 75-108

4. Phase Equilibria, Morphologies of Microphase Separation, and Interfacial Structures of Polymer Systems Studied by Equations of State

   • Honglai Liu, Hui Xu, Houyang Chen, Changjun Peng, Ying Hu

   Pages 109-142

5. Ionic Liquids and Relative Process Design

   • S. Zhang, X. Lu, Y. Zhang, Q. Zhou, J. Sun, L. Han et al.

   Pages 143-191

6. Thermodynamic Analysis for Synthesis of Advanced Materials

   • C. Liu, Y. Ji, Q. Shao, X. Feng, X. Lu

   Pages 193-270

7. Back Matter

   Pages 271-274

   PDF

With the development of science and technology,more and more complex materials such as porous materials, ion liquid, liquid crystals, thin ?lms and colloids etc. are being developed in laboratories. However, it is dif?cult to prepare these advanced materials and use them on a large scale without some experience. Therefore, mo- cular thermodynamics, a method that laid emphasis on correlating and interpreting the thermodynamic properties of a variety of ?uids in the past, has been recently employed to study the equilibrium properties of complex materials and establish thermodynamic models to analyse the evolution process of their components, - crostructures and functions during the preparation process. In this volume, some important progress in this ?eld, from fundamental aspects to practical applications, is reviewed. In the ?rst chapter of this volume, Prof. Jianzhong Wu presents the application of Density Functional theory (DFT) for the study of the structure and thermodynamic properties of both bulk and inhomogeneous ?uids. This chapter presents a tut- ial overview of the basic concepts of DFT for classical systems, the mathematical relations linking the microstructure and correlation functions to measurable th- modynamic quantities, and the connections of DFT with conventional liquid-state theories. While for pedagogythe discussion is limited to one-componentsimple - ids, similar ideas and concepts are directly applicable to mixtures and polymeric systems of practical concern. This chapter also covers a few theoretical approaches to formulate the thermodynamic functional.

• Bonding
• Complex Systems
• Density Functional Theory
• Ionic Liquids
• Microphase Separation
• Molecular Thermodynamics
• Morphology
• Phase Equilibria
• Polymers
• Structure
• Thermodynamic Modelling
• thermodynamics

• Dept. Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science & Technology, Nanjing, China

  Xiaohua Lu

• Dept. Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China

  Ying Hu

Policies and ethics