Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Multistep Nucleation and Self–Assembly in Nanoscale Materials, Volume 151

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This volume explores:

Kinetics and thermodynamics of fluctuation–induced transitionsin multistable systems (G. Nicolis and C. Nicolis)

Dynamical rare event simulation techniques for equilibrium andnonequilibrium systems (Titus S. van Erp)

Confocal depolarized dynamic light scattering (M. Potenza, T.Sanvito, V. Degiorgio, and M. Giglio)

The two–step mechanism and the solution–crystal spinodal fornucleation of crystals in solution (Peter G. Vekilov)

Experimental studies of two–step nucleation duringtwo–dimensional crystallization of colloidal particles withshort–range attraction (John R. Savage, Liquan Pei, and Anthony D.Dinsmore)

On the role of metastable intermediate states in the homogeneousnucleation of solids from solution (James F. Lutsko)

Effects of protein size on thehigh–concentration/low–concentration phase transition (PatrickGrosfils)

Geometric constraints in the self–assembly of mineral dendritesand platelets (John J. Kozak)

What can mesoscopic level in situ observations teach us aboutkinetics and thermodynamics of protein crystallization? (MikeSleutel, Dominique Maes, and Alexander Van Driessche)

The ability of silica to induce biomimetic crystallization ofcalcium carbonate (Matthias Kellermeier, Emilio Melero–GarcÍa,Werner Kunz, and Juan Manuel GarcÍa–Ruiz)

Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Fluctuation–Induced Transitionsin Multistable Systems 1
By Gregoire Nicolis and Catherine Nicolis

Dynamical Rare Event Simulation Techniques for Equilibrium andNonequilibrium Systems 27
By Titus S. Van Erp

Confocal Depolarized Dynamic Light Scattering 61
By M. Potenza, T. Sanvito, V. Degiorgio, and M. Giglio

The Two–Step Mechanism and The Solution–Crystal Spinodal forNucleation of Crystals in Solution 79
By Peter G. Vekilov

Experimental Studies of Two–Step Nucleation DuringTwo–Dimensional Crystallization of Colloidal Particles withShort–Range Attraction 111
By John R. Savage, Liquan Pei, and Anthony D. Dinsmore

On the Role of Metastable Intermediate States in the HomogeneousNucleation of Solids from Solution 137
By James F. Lutsko

Effects of Protein Size on theHigh–Concentration/Low–Concentration Phase Transition 173
By Patrick Grosfils

Geometric Constraints in the Self–Assembly of Mineral Dendritesand Platelets 193
By John J. Kozak

What can Mesoscopic Level IN SITU Observations Teach us AboutKinetics and Thermodynamics of Protein Crystallization? 223
By Mike Sleutel, Dominique Maes, and Alexander VanDriessche

The Ability of Silica to Induce Biomimetic Crystallization ofCalcium Carbonate 277
By Matthias Kellermeier, Emilio Melero–García, Werner Kunz,and Juan Manuel García–Ruiz

Author Index 309

Subject Index 325

Gregoire Nicolis studied engineering at the TechnicalUniversity of Athens and received his doctorate in physics from theUniversité libre de Bruxelles, where he is currently ProfessorEmeritus at the Center for Nonlinear Phenomena and Complex Systems.His research focuses on the theory of irreversible processes,nonlinear phenomena, and complex systems.

Dominique Maes is a Professor at the Institute ofMolecular Biology and Biotechnology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel.Her research focuses on microgravity and the crystallization ofproteins in space.

Series Editors
Stuart A. Rice received his master′s and doctorate from HarvardUniversity and was a junior fellow at Harvard for two years beforejoining the faculty of The University of Chicago in 1957, where heis currently the Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service ProfessorEmeritus.

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.