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Desai R.C., Kapral R. Dynamics of Self-Organized and Self-Assembled Structures
Cambridge University Press,2009,328 p. The idea for this book arose from the observation that similar-looking pattes occur in widely different systems under a variety of conditions. In many cases the pattes are familiar and have been studied for many years. This is true for
phase-segregating mixtures where domains of two phases form and coarsen in time.Alarge spectrum of liquid crystal phases is known to arise from the organization of rod-like molecules to form spatial pattes. The self-assembly of molecular groups into complex structures is the basis for many of the developments in nanomaterial technology. If systems are studied in far-from-equilibrium conditions, in addition to spatial structures that are similar to those in equilibrium systems, new structures with distinctive properties are seen. Since systems driven out of equilibrium by flows of matter or energy are commonly encountered in nature, the study
of these systems takes on added importance. Many biological systems fall into this far-from-equilibrium category.
In an attempt to understand physical phenomena or design materials with new properties, researchers often combine elements from the descriptions of equilibrium and nonequilibrium systems. Typically, patte formation in equilibrium systems is studied through evolution equations that involve a free energy functional. In far-from-equilibrium conditions such a description is often not possible. However, amplitude equations for the time evolution of the slow modes of the system play the role that free-energy-based equations take in equilibrium systems. Many systems can be modeled by utilizing both equilibrium and nonequilibrium concepts.
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