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Nano, Quantum & Statistical Mechanics & Thermodynamics

Educational Sites

Basic Principles

  • || Basic Principles of Classical and Statistical Thermodynamics / UIC
  • || Introduction to Thermodynamics: i.UIC; ii. U Pittsburgh; iii. Kids' Almanac; iv. Eden Prairie High School; v. School of Champions; vi. Scitoys
  • || About Temperature / UNIDATA
  • || States of Matter: i.Purdue U; ii.Wikipedia; iii.Chemtutor; iv.Cal State
  • || On-line simulation laboratory:
    i.Ideal Gas: 1. Molecular Model by U Würzburg, 2.Pressure Chamber by U Oregon
    ii.Carnot Cycle (Heat Engine) / U Würzburg
  • || Thermodynamic Theory (Modular Instruction) / Amazon
  • || Properties of Heat and Matter / UC Berkeley
  • || Problem Solving - Expert System for Thermodynamics / SDSU
  • || The Second Law of Thermodynamics: i. / Occidental College; ii.ILCEI;
  • || Entropy: i. Univ. Hamburg; ii. Morningside College; iii. Principia Cybernetica; iv. Andreas Trupp; v. Maxwell's Demon: (a, b, c).
  • || A Generalized Vapor Pressure Equation for All Liquids / UIC
  • || Excess Functions: i.Multicomponent Mixtures/UIC; ii.Excess Free Energy at Infinite Size Ratio
  • || The chemical potential / CAUK
  • || Activity Coefficients: i.Classical Thermo. Basis / UIC; ii.Molecular Basis / UIC; iii. Infinite Dilution: iii1.Uni-Oldenburg; iii2.UIC
  • || Phase Transitions:
    i. General: 1.Wikipedia; 2.In the Early Universe; 3.Limit of Superheat Demo/Cal Poly Pomona
    ii. Phase equlibria in discrete systems: 1guma science; 2. Penn State; 3.U South Florida;
    iii. Phase eqilibria in continuous systems: 1.Equality of Derivatives Algorithm/UIC; 2.Gibbs Free Energy Minimization: UIC1, UIC2; 3.Equilibrium Ratio Algorithm/UIC; 4.Petroleum Fractions/UIC
    iv.In small (nano) systems: 1.Finite Systems/LPC
  • || Phase Diagrams: 1.Ternary Phase Diagrams: Brock U; 2.Gibbs Models Iowa State; 3.Thermographics/Rice U; 4.CO2/co2clean.com
  • || Experimental Determination of Phase Equilib / Uni-Oldenburg
  • || Critical Phenomena / Critical Point: i.Cyril Domb ; ii.Wikipedia; iii.Tulane U; iv.Arizona U; v.NYU; vi.U Cambridge; vii.ESA

    Nano, Quantum & Statistical Mechanics

  • || An Introduction to Theoretical Chemistry / U Utah
  • || Computational Nanoscience/Research Center Julich; Computational Physics/U Texas at Austin; Computational Soft Matter/Research Center Julich.
  • || Interatomic/Intermolecular Forces/Potentials: i.Purdue U; ii.Florida State U; iii.BCPL; iv.UNSW; v.U Waterloo vi.WPI; vii.NJIT
  • || Introduction to Statistical Mechanics: i.Royal Holloway; ii.NYU
  • || Ising Model with Java Applet: i.Syracuse U; ii.UCSC
  • || Molecular Based Study of Fluids / Yahoo.com
  • || Quantum Dots: 1. Introduction to / TU Delft; 2. Biological / PysicsWeb
  • || Quantum Mechanics/Quantum Chemistry: i.Werner Heisenberg/AIP; ii.The Uncertainty Principle/Georgia State U; iii.U Conn; iv.Georgia State U; v.U Guelph; vi.U Groningen; vii.Georgia Tech; viii.Visual Quantum Mechanics/KSU; ix.Applets: (UCI); x.Virtual Journal of; xi.HyperQuantum; xi.quantumthermodynamics.org
  • || Phonon / Nanoatlas
  • || Theory of Atoms in Molecules / McMaster U
  • || Thermal and Statistical Physics plus Mathcad / Cleveland State
  • || Statistical Mechanics:
    Equilibrium: i.Penn State ii. NYU;
    Nanosystems: UIC
    Nonequilibrium (Irreversible): i.MSSM; ii.ANU1;
    Nonextensive: CBPF
  • || Virial Expansion: i.Second Virial Coefficient/NJIT; ii.Relationship to Quadratic Mixing Rules/UIC; iii.Interaction 3rd Virial Coeff. Appxn./UIC
  • || Radial Distribution Function: i.Definition/Academia Sinica; ii.Mixture RDFs-1; iii.Mixture RDFs-2; iv.Analytic Expressions v.Relation to Local Compositions vi.Mean Density Approximation
  • || Conformal Solution Theory of Stat. Mech.: i.Polar Fluids/UIC; ii.Conf. Sol. Approx's to RDF/UIC; iii.For Hydrogen-Bonded Fluids/UIC
  • || Fluctuation Theory of Stat. Mech.: i.Mixtures/Amazon; ii.Inhomogeneous Systems/ Penn State; iii.Associating / Hydrogen-Bonded Fluids/UIC
  • || Variational Theory of Stat. Mech.: i.Melting Prediction; ii.VIM Equation of State; iv.A Review/ UIC
  • || Computational Quantum & Stat. Mech:
    i. Computer Simulation: 1.CAChe, 2.Penn State; 3.UB
    ii. Moledular Dynamics Simulation: 1.Tutorial / EMBnet; 2.On-line Polymer and Lennard-Jones Simulations / Boston U; 3.Tutorial / NCSU
    iii. Monte Carlo Simulation: 1. Cooper Union ; 2. ORNL 3. Syracuse U 4. Carleton U 5. UIUC 6. ICHMT;
    iv. Java Applets: 1.Clark U; 2.SUNY-Buffalo; 3.U Penn
    v. Introduction to Macromolecular Simulation / NIH
    vi. Quantum Simulations of Complex Many-Body Systems: From Theory to Algorithms - Audio-Visual Lecture Notes/Research Center Julich.
  • || Ergodic Theroy / U East Anglia
  • || Downloadable Scholarly Publications:
    Statistical Mechanics: C.B. Anteneodo/CBPF; The Chandler Group/ UC Berkeley; Joel Lebowitz/ Rutgers; Ilya Prigogine Center/ U Texas; Frank Stillinger/Princeton U: John D. Weeks/ U Maryland;

    Applications

  • || Ab Initio Quantum Chemistry: i.LLNL; ii. CCL.NET; iii.PNL; iv.Swinburne U
  • || Applied Thermodynamics: i.Taftan; ii. An Intro. to / Michigan State & U Akron
  • || Associating Fluids: i.Stat. Mech. of Solutions/UIC; ii.Equation of State/UIC; iii.Structure & properties of Water/UIC; iv.Supercritical water applications/NAP iv.Conformal Solution Theory/UIC; v.Water structure and behavior/SBU
  • || Chemical & Engineering Thermodynamics: i. An Introduction to/ U of Florida; ii. Basic / U Sunderland; iii. MIT; iv. Olemiss; v. U Alberta; vi.NCSU; vii.George Mason U; viii.Aspen Tech; ix.New Castle U; x.Phase Equilibria/UIC
  • || Biological: i.Human Thermodynamics / HT; ii.Thermodynamics of Aging / IACE
  • || Colloidal Systems: i. Suspension / EDP Sciences; ii.Micellization / UIC
  • || Economics: Entropic Measures of Market Complexity and Production Flexibility / Charles Sturt U
  • || Electrolytes: i.Aqueous: 1.subnet; 2.U Arizona
  • || Environmental: Air Pollution / UCSD
  • || Equations of State: i.Accurte Liquid Densities Prediction/UIC; ii.Alcohol-hydrocarbon and water-hydrocarbon EOS / UIC
  • || Geology: Thermodynamics of Natural Earth Systems / U Maryland
  • || Humor: i.Thermodynamic Police; ii.Is Hell Exothermic or Endothermic? / humorspace.com
  • || Ionic Liquids:
    i.Reviews: 1.QUB1; 2.QUB2
    ii.Liquid Structure/ISIS
  • || Metallurgical:
    i. Basic Thermodynamics Tulane
    ii. Phase Diagram: 1.Basics/Virginia Tech; 2.Web/Georgia Tech; 3.of Alloys/U Liverpool;
    iii.Equation of State/UIC
  • || Miscibility: i.Prediction/UIC; ii.of Polymer Blends/USM;
  • || Mixing Rules: i.Van der Waals/UIC; ii.For Simultaneous VLE and VLLE Calculations/UIC; iii.Origin & Relationship to Virial Expansion/UIC; iv.Relationship to Radial Distribution Functions/UIC; v.Local Composition Mixing Rules
  • || Nanoscience & Nanotechnology:
    i.1.Principles of Nanotechnology/WSP; 2.A Brief Overview/McGill U
    ii.R.P. Feynman's 1959 Lecture/Zyvex:
    iii.National Nanotechnology Initiative; WTEC Panel Report, 1999; Joint EC/NSF Workshop, 2000
    iv.Engines of Creation - The Coming Era of Nanotechnology / Foresight Inst.;
    v.Self replication: 1.Zyvex;2.Ben Gurion U
    vi.Molecular Machines/NCI; Molecular Demos/IFS
    vii.Organic Nanostructures: 1.Non-covalent synthesis/IUPAC; 2.Asphaltene self-organizations / UIC;
    viii.Buckyballs/U Wisconsin;
    ix.Diamondoids/UIC;
    x.Publicatons / UIC;
    xi.Virtual Journal of/AIP
    xii.Computational Nanotechnology/Zyvex
    xiii.Applications: 1.Grand Challenge in Environment/EPA 2.Environmental Sustainability/TAINANO; 3.Pollution Control/ZYVEX
    xv.Directories:Serebella.com
  • || NMR and its relation to fluid properties: 1.Rice U; 2.ANL
  • || Osmotic Pressure /Vant Hoff; See also: 1.Osmosis, Reverse Osmosis and Osmotic Pressure, 2.van't Hoff's Evidence / guma science
  • || Partition (or Distribution) Coefficient / EPA
  • || Petroleum and Natural Gas:
    i.A Statistical Mechanical Model of Asphaltene Flocculation and Collapse From Petroleum Systems / UIC
    ii. C7+ Fraction Characterization / Amazon
    iii. Heavy Organics (Asphaltene/Bitumen, Resin, Wax, etc.) Deposition from Petroleum Fluids / UIC
    iv.Heavy Organic Deposition and Fouling Related or Interesting Web Sites to Visit / UIC
  • || Polymers & Liquid Crystals: i. Thermo. and Stat. Mech. of Polymers / UTK; ii.by CWRU; iii.Liquid-Liquid Trans. in Polymer solutions/UIC; iv. Dendrimer Growth Java Applet/MMI; v.Asphaltene Growth Download Demo/UIC
  • || Reacting Systems: Combination of overall reaction rate with Gibbs energy minimization / VTT
  • || Retrograde Condensation: i.Discovery by Kuenen / U Dundee; ii. and Miscibility Prediction / UIC
  • || Theology-Evolution: i.The Talk.Origins Archive: Attributing False Attributes and Evolution ii.Christiananswers.Net iii.Cosmic Ancestry; iv.LHUP v.KELVIN IS LORD!!!
  • || Solubility of Aromatic Hydrocarbons Determination / pollutionengineering.com
  • || Solubility Parameters: i. Oakland Museum; ii. Murodch U;
  • || Surface Science:
    i.Surface Analysis: 1.U Guelph; 2.U London
    ii.Surface & Interfacial Phenomena: 1.Surface Tension Prediction of Pure Fluids and Mixtures/UIC; 2.Theory of Interfacial Tension/UIC
  • || Supercritical Fluids: i.Principles/UIC; ii.Extraction Demo/UIC; iii.Extraction and Chromatography/UIC; iv.SUEPLCO; v.Phasex; vi.Scimedia; vii.AIST viii.Structure & Properties of Supercritical Water/UIC; ix.Supercritical Solubilities Prediction of Biomolecules/UIC; x.For remediation of PCB/PAH-Contaminated soil/sediments/ Kansas State U
  • || SVPPM: The International Project for the Standardized Validation of Physical Properties Models / U Virginia
  • || Thermal Engine Cycles:
    i. Basic Thermodynamic Cycles and Components / Virginia Tech;
    ii. CyclePad: To construct and analyze thermodynamic cycles / Northwestern U;
    iii.Stirling Engine-Refrigerator / LANL
  • || Thermodynamic Analysis of VPE Growth of III-V Alloy Semiconductors /Tokyo U A&T
  • || Vapor-Liquid Equilibria for Distillation / New Castle U

    Mathematical Techniques

  • || Analytic Solution of Cubic Equations: 1.UTEP; 2.WOLFRAM
  • || MATHEMATICAL CHALLENGES FROM THEORETICAL/COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY / NAP
  • || Stirling Approximation: i.Wolfram; ii.Monash U
  • || Quantum Mech. Calculations Using Maple / Waterloo Maple

    References

  • || Acta Negentropica: A peer-reviewed e-journal on thermodynamics and self-organizing phenomena / GeoCities
  • || Data & Property Calculation Websites - Classical, Nano, Quantum & Statistical Thermodynamics & Mechanics / UIC
  • || Demonstrations: i. U of Victoria; ii.Boston U
  • || History of Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics: Histories
  • || Journal of Petroleum Science & Engineering / UIC
  • || Links to a Better Education / Wilton HS
  • || Mind Quilts / UMSL
  • || QUit / UMSL
  • || Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics Publications / UIC
  • || Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics Related or Interesting Websites to Visit / UIC
  • || Thesaurus / NASA
  • || Thoughts on Problem Solving / U Michigan
  • || WWW Living-Book of Physical Chemistry / Bishop's U

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