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DYNAMICS OF ANIZED AND
SELF-ASSEMBLED STRUCTURES
Physical and biological systems driven out of equilibrium may spontaneously
evolve to form spatial structures. In some systems molecular constituents may
self-assemble to plex ordered structures. This book describes how
such pattern formation processes occur and how they can be modeled.
Experimental observations are used to introduce the diverse systems and phenom-
ena leading to pattern formation. The physical origins of various spatial structures
are discussed, and models for their formation are constructed. In contrast to many
treatments, pattern-forming processes in nonequilibrium systems are treated in a
coherent fashion. The book shows how near-equilibrium and far-from-equilibrium
modeling concepts are bined to describe physical systems.
This interdisciplinary book can form the basis of graduate courses in pattern forma-
tion and self-assembly. It is a useful reference for graduate students and researchers
in a number of disciplines, including condensed matter science, nonequilibrium sta-
tistical mechanics, nonlinear dynamics, chemical biophysics, materials science, and
engineering.
Rashmi C. Desai is Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of Toronto,
Canada.
Raymond Kapral is Professor of Chemistry at the University of Toronto, Canada.
DYNAMICS OF ANIZED
AND SELF-ASSEMBLED
STRUCTURES
RASHMI C. DESAI AND RAYMOND KAPRAL
University of Toronto
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
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© R. C. Desai and R. Kapral 2009
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