Diffusion Processes: Experiment, Theory, Simulations: Proceedings of the Vth Max Born Symposium Held at Kudowa, Poland, 1 - 4 June 1994 (Lecture Notes in Physics)

The articles in this book reflect the omnipresence of diffusion processes in the natural sciences. They describe experimental results as well as theoretical models and computer simulations, and address a wide readership including graduate students. The problems treated stem from physics, astronomy, physical chemistry, biology, and medicine. The papers are presented in a tutorial style and reflect the present-day trends in the field. Selfdiffusion of polymer chains in solutions and melts....Pages 1-19 Diffusion on fractal substrates....Pages 21-36 Stellar diffusion....Pages 37-52 Surface diffusion and lateral interactions in adsorbed layers....Pages 53-63 Simple quantum dynamics in presence of topological disorder....Pages 65-76 Initially-separated reaction-diffusion systems: theory and experiment....Pages 77-89 Anomalous reaction-diffusion systems....Pages 91-104 Some aspects of pattern formation in reaction-diffusion systems....Pages 105-114 Interface bursting and interface depinning....Pages 115-135 Criticality of self-avoiding walks in fractal porous media....Pages 137-145 Fractals in biology and medicine....Pages 147-178 Diffusion of lattice gases in disordered lattices....Pages 179-195 Single-ion random walk on a lattice in an attractive coulomb cutoff potential....Pages 197-211 A model for the underpotential deposition of metals....Pages 213-220 Oxygen diffusion in 123-YBCO....Pages 221-233 Gating of voltage-dependent sodium channels in excitable membranes - a continuous process?....Pages 235-247 The Schrödinger problem....Pages 249-270 Fractal dimension and roughness of profiles and surfaces....Pages 271-282 Competition between two kinds of entities in a Diffusion—Limited Aggregration process....Pages 283-294 Diffusion models of internal dynamics of proteins....Pages 295-309 IV-th max born symposium: Solid state physics I....Pages 311-312 The articles in this volume reflect the importance of diffusion processes in the natural sciences. They describe experimental results as well as theoretical models and computer simulations, and address problems in such fields as chemistry, physics, astronomy, biology and medicine.