Phase transitions of simple systems

This monograph develops a unified microscopic basis for phases and phase changes of bulk matter and small systems in terms of classical physics. The origins of such phase changes are derived from simple but physically relevant models of how transitions between rigid crystalline, glassy and fluid sta...

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Other Authors: Smirnov, B. M. 1938-, Berry, R. Stephen, 1931-2020., SpringerLink (Online Service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer, ©2008.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 245 pages) : illustrations.
Series: Springer series on atomic, optical, and plasma physics ; 42.
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