Physics of Liquid Matter: Modern Problems: Proceedings, Kyiv, Ukraine, 23-27 May 2014 (Springer Proceedings in Physics Book 171)

These proceedings comprise invited and contributed papers presented at PLMMP-2014, addressing modern problems in the fields of liquids, solutions and confined systems, critical phenomena, as well as colloidal and biological systems. The book focuses on state-of-the-art developments in contemporary physics of liquid matter. The papers presented here are organized into four parts: (i) structure of liquids in confined systems, (ii) phase transitions, supercritical liquids and glasses, (iii) colloids, and (iv) medical and biological aspects and cover the most recent developments in the broader field of liquid state including interdisciplinary problems. Front Matter....Pages i-xi Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Thermodynamics of Molecular Liquids in Random Porous Media: Scaled Particle Theory and the Generalized Van der Waals Equation....Pages 3-30 Dimensional Crossover in Liquids in Reduced Geometry....Pages 31-49 Front Matter....Pages 51-51 Global Isomorphism Approach: Main Results and Perspectives....Pages 53-75 Collective Excitations in Supercritical Fluids....Pages 77-102 Viscous Flow of Glass-Forming Liquids and Glasses....Pages 103-137 The Generalized Similarity Laws and Isocontours in the Thermodynamics of Simple Liquids....Pages 139-161 Front Matter....Pages 163-163 Structure of Polyglycols Doped by Nanoparticles with Anisotropic Shape....Pages 165-198 Colloidal Solution of 3 nm Bucky Diamond: Primary Particles of Detonation Nanodiamond....Pages 199-217 Kaolin Suspensions with Negative First Normal Stress Difference....Pages 219-242 Carbon Nanotubes in Liquid Crystals: Fundamental Properties and Applications....Pages 243-297 Structural Study of Star Polyelectrolytes and Their Porous Multilayer Assembly in Solution....Pages 299-315 Thermodynamic and Phase Behavior of Nanofluids....Pages 317-333 Front Matter....Pages 335-335 RNA Nanostructures in Physiological Solutions: Multiscale Modeling and Applications....Pages 337-355 Nuclear Spin Catalysis: From Molecular Liquids to Biomolecular Nanoreactors....Pages 357-368 Back Matter....Pages 369-374