Gijsbertus de With 
Phases of Matter and their Transitions 
Concepts and Principles for Chemists, Physicists, Engineers, and Materials Scientists

Eine umfassende Einführung in die chemische Physik von Festkörpern, Flüssigkeiten und Gasen mit Schwerpunkt auf den thermodynamischen und strukturellen Aspekten von Phasen und Phasenübergängen, wobei auch Flüssigkristalle, Ferroelektronik und Oberflächenphänomene betrachtet werden.

Table of Content

Introduction Classical Mechanics Quantum Mechanics Intermolecular Interactions Continuum Mechanics Macroscopic Thermodynamics Microscopic Thermodynamics Gases Liquids Solids Surfaces Phase Transitions: General Aspects Discontinuous Transitions: Gases <-> Liquids Discontinuous Transitions: Liquids <-> Solids Continuous Transitions Liquid crystals Ferroelectrics Glasses and the Glass Transition Return to Equilibrium and Irreversibility APPENDIX Units, Constants, Conversion Factors Guide to Mathematics Used Elements of Special Relativity Theory The Lattice Gas Model Elements of Electrostatics Elements of Probability and Statistics Answers to Selected Problems

About the author

Gijsbertus de With is Professor of Materials Science at Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands). After graduating from Utrecht University and receiving his Ph D at Twente University, he joined Philips Research
Laboratories in Eindhoven in 1977. In 1985 he was appointed part-time professor to become in 1995 full professor at Eindhoven. His research interests include structure and interfacial phenomena related to the chemical and thermomechanical behavior of multi-phase materials, resulting in about 350 (co)-authored papers and about 15 patents. Throughout he cooperated with other researchers from academia and industry, co-founded and co-organized the annual conference Coating Science International during 2004-2014 and published three books.