Microscopic Structure and Dynamics of Liquids

What did we have in mind when in May, 1976, we (Professor de Gennes, Dr. Tourand and ourselves) thought of a Summer School in the field of liquids? First, we wanted to present and discuss the new results that have been obtained recently, in particular at the high flux reactor of the Institut Laue-Langevin in Grenoble since it became operational in 1972. In order to achieve this goal, the major part of this Summer School was devoted to an ex­ tensive presentation of the gen~ra1 concepts and methods of study­ ing this state of matter (time-dependent correlation functions, molecular dynamics, intermolecular forces, spectroscopic tech­ niques ••• ) and concentrated on a few specific systems which have seen significant development in the last few years, both theoret­ ically and experimentally. These systems are the different classes of simple liquids: metallic liquids, ionic liquids, simple molecu­ lar liquids and the new field of superionic conductors (solid electrolytes). Furthermore, we wanted to put some emphasis on a particular research area in the field of liquids, namely critical phenomena in fluids. This was chosen both because of our personal interest in this field and the major theoretical advances which have occurred in the last ten years. We also wished that some new powerful techniques or new theo­ retical approaches be presented at this School. Thus, picosecond laser techniques, theoretical calculations on dipolar fluids, and angular correlations in molecular liquids were the subject of specific seminars. Front Matter....Pages i-ix Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Correlation Functions and Their Relationship with Experiments....Pages 3-68 Molecular Dynamics: Principles and Applications....Pages 69-106 Interatomic and Intermolecular Forces....Pages 107-152 Electronic Theory of the Thermodynamics and Structure of Liquid Metals....Pages 153-219 Spectroscopic Methods for the Study of Local Dynamics in Polyatomic Fluids....Pages 221-300 The Structure of Ionic Liquids....Pages 301-332 Critical Phenomena in Fluids....Pages 333-366 Front Matter....Pages 367-367 Picosecond Laser Techniques....Pages 369-380 On Dipolar Fluids....Pages 381-401 Orientational Correlations in Molecular Liquids....Pages 403-412 Front Matter....Pages 413-413 Fast Ion Conductors — An Introduction....Pages 415-427 Toward a Theory of Superionic Conductors....Pages 429-435 Superionic Conductors : The Independent Particle Model....Pages 437-446 Quasielastic Neutron Scattering from α-AgI....Pages 447-457 Single Particle and Collective Aspects of the Silver Ion Motion in α-AgI....Pages 459-469 Round Table Discussion on Coherent Neutron Scattering....Pages 471-483 Round Table on Light Scattering....Pages 485-489 Round Table on Critical Phenomena....Pages 491-495 Front Matter....Pages 497-497 Informal Round Table Discussion on Supercooled Liquids....Pages 499-500 Title of Posters....Pages 501-504 Front Matter....Pages 505-505 Liquid State Research: Why ?....Pages 507-514 Back Matter....Pages 515-524