Green Functions in Electrochemistry / Edition 1

by S. Romanowski, L. Wojtczak

Overview

The book presents the method of thermodynamic Green Functions applied to the problems of electrochemistry. The basic theorems and their derivations are found at the didactic level which requires, however, a knowledge of the principles of quantum mechanics and statistical physics. The book is mainly based on the results of papers published during the last fifteen years by its authors and their coworkers from the Department of Theoretical Chemistry and the Department of Solid State Physics of the University ofL6di (poland) within the context of the results reported in literature. Although the Green Functions Method has become very popular in solid state physics, there are almost no applications of this technique to electrochemistry. The only papers where the Green Functions Method is applied to the molten salts and liquid mercury theory are the precursory works published by Professor S. G. Davison and his coworkers from the Waterloo University (Canada) in the early eighties. We hope that the present book can fill this gap in the electrochemical literature.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780792346296
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	06/30/1997
Edition description:	1997
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.61(h) x 0.24(d)

Table of Contents

I. Green Functions adapted to electrochemical problems.- 1. Green Functions theory.- 2. Electronic properties by means of Green Functions.- 3. Electron-phonon coupling by means of Green Functions.- 4. Green Functions in bioelectrochemistry.- 5. Size effects in electrochemical systems.- II. Perspectives of Green Functions applications to electrochemical problems.- 6. Electrode surface roughness.- 7. Electrolyte solution properties.- 8. Spin waves resonance in magnetic electrodes.- Final remarks.

Editorial Reviews

Nothing here about environmentalism. Extends the method of thermodynamic Green Functions to problems of electrochemistry. The functions were introduced into statistical physics to describe the response of a considered system with respect to an external perturbation, and have become very popular in solid state physics but little applied elsewhere. The Polish physicists develop a new description of electrochemical and bioelectrochemical phenomena and, within that discuss many electrochemical aspects of the double layer theory. They illustrate applications in graphs and tables that compare theoretical and experimental results. They also consider possibilities for applying such promising techniques as different modifications of low-energy electron diffraction to electrochemical systems. The basic theorems and their derivation are provided, but knowledge of the principles of quantum mechanics and statistical physics at the graduate level is required to understand them. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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