Modern Problems of the Physics of Liquid Systems : Selected Reviews From the 8th International Conference “Physics of Liquid Matter: Modern Problems”, Kyiv, Ukraine, May 18-22, 2018

This book presents a collection of selected reviews from PLMMP 2018 that address modern problems in the fields of liquids, solutions and confined systems, critical phenomena, as well as colloidal and biological systems. The papers focus on state-of-the-art developments in the contemporary physics of liquid matter, and are divided into four parts: (i) water and water systems, (ii) physical–chemical properties of liquid systems, (iii) aggregation in liquid systems, and (iv) biological aspects of liquid systems, irradiation influences on liquid systems. Taken together, they cover the latest developments in the broader field of liquid states, including interdisciplinary problems. Front Matter ....Pages i-xii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 A Two-State Picture of Water and the Funnel of Life (Lars G. M. Pettersson)....Pages 3-39 Current Problems in the Quasi-elastic Incoherent Neutron Scattering and the Collective Drift of Molecules (Leonid A. Bulavin, N. P. Malomuzh, K. S. Shakun)....Pages 41-72 Microscopic Study of Solid/Fluid Interface with Molecular Dynamics (Mykola Isaiev, Guillaume Castanet, Michel Gradeck, Fabrice Lemoine, Konstantinos Termentzidis)....Pages 73-89 Front Matter ....Pages 91-91 Oligomeric and Polymeric Ionic Liquids: Engineering Architecture and Morphology (Alexandr V. Stryutsky, Volodymyr F. Korolovych, Hansol Lee, Emily Mikan, Andrew Erwin, Oleh O. Sobko et al.)....Pages 93-118 Vibrational Spectroscopy Applied to Solution and Metal/Solution Interface Chemistry Studies (Wagner A. Alves)....Pages 119-135 Organization of Nano-disks of Laponite® in Soft Colloidal Systems (Nikolai Lebovka, Longin Lisetski, Leonid A. Bulavin)....Pages 137-164 The Techniques of Surface Alignment of Liquid Crystals (Greta Babakhanova, Oleg D. Lavrentovich)....Pages 165-197 Front Matter ....Pages 199-199 Small-Angle Scattering in Structural Research of Nanodiamond Dispersions (O. V. Tomchuk, Leonid A. Bulavin, V. L. Aksenov, M. V. Avdeev)....Pages 201-223 Electron Structure and Optical Properties of Conjugated Systems in Solutions (O. L. Pavlenko, O. P. Dmytrenko, M. P. Kulish, V. A. Sendiuk, N. V. Obernikhina, Ya. O. Prostota et al.)....Pages 225-248 Kinetics of Cluster Growth in Fullerene Solutions of Different Polarity (T. V. Tropin, M. V. Avdeev, N. Jargalan, M. O. Kuzmenko, V. L. Aksenov)....Pages 249-272 Front Matter ....Pages 273-273 Interactions of Heavy Ions with DNA and Radiative Aspects in Physics of Liquid Matter (Nan Zhang, Ming-Ru Li, Feng-Shou Zhang)....Pages 275-299 Radiative Aspects in Physics of Liquid Matter: Stable Magnetic Isotopes as New Trend in Anti-radiation Defense (V. K. Koltover)....Pages 301-312 On the Mechanism of the Radiation Influence Upon the Structure and Thermodynamic Properties of Water (Kostyantyn Cherevko, Dmytro Gavryushenko, Volodymyr Sysoev, Tetiana Vlasenko, Leonid A. Bulavin)....Pages 313-328