Self-Assembly Processes at Interfaces: Multiscale Phenomena

Self-Assembly Processes at Interfaces: Multiscale Phenomena provides the conceptual and unifying view of adsorption, self-assembly, and grafting processes at solid-liquid and liquid-gas interfaces, also describing experimental methods where applicable.

An invaluable resource for (post)-graduate students looking to bridge the gap between acquiring the field’s existing knowledge and the creation of new insights, the book recalls fundamental concepts, giving rigorous, but first-principle-based, calculations and exercises, and showing how these concepts have been used in recent research articles.

Readers will find guidelines on how best to start research in the field of surface chemistry with biological macromolecules and molecules able to undergo self-assembly process at interfaces in the presence of a liquid, along with discussions on the very fundamental aspects and applications using concepts of biomimetic chemistry.

By highlighting the interdisciplinary aspects of the field of self-assembly at interfaces, the book is an ideal resource for chemical engineers, chemists, physicists, and biologists. In addition, important equations are demonstrated on the basis of fundamental concepts, and overly complex mathematical developments are avoided.

Presents an interdisciplinary work that is ideal for chemical engineers, chemists, physicists, and biologists Provides a unifying view of the field, from fundamentals, to methods and applicationsIncludes concepts applicable at both solid–liquid and liquid–gas interfaces

Introduction: Surface science: history and perspectives 1. Surfaces and basics from surfaces science, thermo-dynamics of interfaces and kinetics 2. Intermolecular forces and solvation 3. Simulation methods: Monte Carlo, molecular dynamics and multiscale simulations 4. Experimental methods to investigate self-assembly at interfaces 5. Adsorption and adhesion 6. Using covalent chemistry: grafting on surfaces 7. Supramolecular and biomimetic chemistry at interfaces 8. Applications of organized films at solid-liquid and liquid-gas interfaces 9. Industrial applications of self-assembly at interfaces 10. Conclusions and perspectives Solutions to the exercises Appendices and physical constants