Many developing fields of science and engineering, including nanotechnology, protein engineering, microfluidics, etc., require an in-depth molecular understanding and description of matter. Molecular approaches allow for creative design and analysis of systems by altering molecular properties to achieve desired outcomes. This book provides molecular and statistical mechanical basis for the classical fundamental molecular description of matter, and the laws associated with transport phenomena and thermodynamics.
The content of Molecular Thermodynamics and Transport Phenomena: Complexities of Scales in Space and Time, Second Edition was expanded and includes multicomponent and multiphase systems, which are important in all aspects of process analysis and design including energy efficiency. In addition, the programming parts of this text have been switched to Python because of its open-source nature and ubiquitous use across science and engineering.
Introduction to Statistical Mechanics and the Classical Mechanics of
Interacting Particles.- Phase Space and the Liouville Equation.- Reduced
Density Functions and the Reduced Liouville Equation.- Equilibrium Solution
to the Liouville Equation and the Thermodynamic Properties of Matter.-
Complex Equilibrium Systems: Multicomponent and Multiphase.- The General
Equations of Change for Nonequilibrium Systems.- Closure of the Transport
Equations.- Transport Equations for Multicomponent and Multiphase Systems.
Dr. Michael H. Peters is a professor at the Department of Chemical and Life Science Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University. He has been teaching at the university level for over thirty years in a variety of disciplines, including engineering, medicine, science, and mathematics. He conducts research in both bioengineering and statistical mechanics and has published over 50 research publications. He has received numerous awards including University Teaching Awards, and wide recognition of his teaching and research accomplishments.
