World Scientific Series in Contemporary Chemical Physics - Vol. 7
DYNAMIC KERR EFFECT
The Use and Limits of the Smoluchowski Equation and Nonlinear Inertial Responses
by J-L Déjardin (Perpignan Univ.)
This book is conceived as a lecture course on the theory of dielectric and Kerr effect relaxation in molecular fluids. It is based on seminars and lectures to final year graduate students and students preparing for a Ph.D. The book comprises the following: the rotational diffusion equation; perturbative solution obtained from convolution products; Kerr effect response in pulsed electric fields; rotary friction and diffusion coefficients in the case of partial slip conditions; linear detection; electric birefringence in time-varying fields; study of phase angles; the Fokker-Planck–Kramers equation; the role of molecular rotational inertia; and nonlinear dielectric relaxation in coupled electric fields.
The literature on the subject originates essentially from review articles which, however, are pitched at such a high level that it is very difficult for students to understand. Moreover, a lot of details are missing from the calculations in these fundamental papers. This book therefore attempts, in a more didactic manner, to fill these gaps.
Contents:
- General Forms of Diffusion Equations
- Analysis of Rotational
Molecular Motion in Kerr Effect Relaxation
- Kerr Effect in Alternating Fields
- Influence of Molecular Rotational Inertia
- Nonlinear Response in Dielectric Relaxation
- Experimental Methods
Readership: Physicists, chemists, electrical engineers and statisticians.
"The book is highly recommended as textbook for graduate students, but as well as monograph for spectroscopists who are interested in the Dynamic Kerr Effect."
F Kremer
Colloid Polym. Sci. |
| 248pp |
Pub. date: Apr 1995 |
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