Advances in Chemical Physics, Volume 148

The Advances in Chemical Physics series the cuttingedge of research in chemical physics

The Advances in Chemical Physics series provides thechemical physics and physical chemistry fields with a forum forcritical, authoritative evaluations of advances in every area ofthe discipline. Filled with cutting–edge research reported in acohesive manner not found elsewhere in the literature, each volumeof the Advances in Chemical Physics series offerscontributions from internationally renowned chemists and serves asthe perfect supplement to any advanced graduate class devoted tothe study of chemical physics.

This volume explores:

Control of Quantum Phenomena (Constantin Brif, Raj Chakrabarti,and Herschel Rabitz)

Crowded Charges in Ion Channels (Bob Eisenberg)

Colloidal Crystallization Between Two and Three Dimensions (H.Löwen, E.C. Oguz, L. Assoud, and R. Messina)

Statistical Mechanics of Liquids and Fluids in Curved Space(Gilles Tarjus, FranÇois Sausset, and Pascal Viot)

Control of Quantum Phenomena 1
By Constantin Brif, Raj Chakrabarti, and Herschel Rabitz

Crowded Charges in Ion Channels 77
By Bob Eisenberg

Colloidal Crystallization Between Two and Three Dimensions225
By H. Lowen, E. C. Oguz, L. Assoud, and R. Messina

Statistical Mechanics of Liquids and Fluids in Curved Space251
By Gilles Tarjus, Fran¸cois Sausset, and PascalViot

Author Index 311

Subject Index 359

STUART A. RICE received his master′s and doctorate fromHarvard University and was a junior fellow at Harvard for two yearsbefore joining the faculty of the University of Chicago in 1957,where he is currently the Frank P. Hixon Distinguished ServiceProfessor Emeritus.

AARON R. DINNER received his bachelor′s degree anddoctorate from Harvard University, after which he conductedpostdoctoral research at the University of Oxford and theUniversity of California, Berkeley. He joined the faculty at theUniversity of Chicago in 2003.