Principal symbols |
Mechanical Molecular Models / 1: |
Introduction / 1.1: |
Molecular mechanics / 1.2: |
Capillary phenomena / 1.3: |
The internal energy of a liquid / 1.4: |
The continuous surface profile / 1.5: |
The mean molecular field / 1.6: |
Thermodynamics / 2: |
Thermodynamics and kinetic theory / 2.1: |
The thermodynamics of the surface / 2.2: |
Surface functions / 2.3: |
The spherical surface / 2.4: |
Quasi-thermodynamics--a first look / 2.5: |
The Theory of van der Waals / 3: |
The surface tension / 3.1: |
Independently variable densities / 3.3: |
Gibbs adsorption equation in the van der Waals theory / 3.4: |
Constraints on the range of fluctuations / 3.5: |
Statistical Mechanics of the Liquid-Gas Surface / 4: |
Distribution and correlation functions / 4.1: |
The pressure tensor / 4.3: |
The virial route to the surface tension / 4.4: |
Functionals of the distribution functions / 4.5: |
The surface tension from the direct correlation function / 4.6: |
Equivalence of the two expressions for the surface tension / 4.7: |
Density fluctuations and their correlation / 4.8: |
Local thermodynamic functions / 4.10: |
Model Fluids in the Mean-Field Approximation / 5: |
Introduction: mean-field theory of a homogeneous fluid of attracting hard spheres / 5.1: |
Liquid-gas interface in the model of attracting hard spheres / 5.2: |
Lattice-gas model: one component / 5.3: |
Lattice-gas model: two components / 5.4: |
Penetrable-sphere model: theory / 5.5: |
Penetrable-sphere model: applications / 5.6: |
Penetrable-sphere model: spherical surfaces / 5.7: |
Computer Simulation of the Liquid-Gas Surface / 6: |
The experimental background / 6.1: |
The methods of computer simulation / 6.2: |
The density profile / 6.3: |
Further work / 6.4: |
Calculation of the Density Profile / 7: |
Solution of the YBG equation / 7.1: |
Approximations for the direct correlation function / 7.3: |
Modified van der Waals theories / 7.4: |
Perturbation theories / 7.5: |
Surface tension / 7.6: |
Three-Phase Equilibrium / 8: |
Contact angles and Neumann's triangle / 8.1: |
Spreading and Antonow's rule / 8.3: |
The [alpha gamma] interface / 8.4: |
Phase transitions in interfaces. The Cahn transition / 8.5: |
Three-phase line and line tension / 8.6: |
Interfaces Near Critical Points / 9: |
Introduction: mean-field approximation / 9.1: |
Digression on the Ornstein-Zernike theory of the pair-correlation function / 9.2: |
Digression on critical-point exponents / 9.3: |
Van der Waals theory with non-classical exponents / 9.4: |
Tricritical points / 9.5: |
Non-critical interface near a critical endpoint / 9.6: |
Renormalization-group theory; field-theoretical models / 9.7: |
Dirac's delta-function / Appendix 1: |
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Subject Index |
Principal symbols |
Mechanical Molecular Models / 1: |
Introduction / 1.1: |