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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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