Competing Interactions and Patterns in Nanoworld

"Systems displaying competing interactions of some kind are widespread - much more, in fact, as commonly anticipated - and reveal a significant impact in nanoscience. Written at an introductory level for students and researchers in the field with different professional backgrounds, this volume classifies phenomena not by system but rather by the type of competing interactions involved. This allows for a straightforward presentation of the underlying principles and the universal laws governing the behaviour of different systems." "Each chapter contains a couple of problems with solutions which provide valuable teaching material for lecturers of applied mathematics and physics as well as biology courses. A vast body of references to the original literature make the volume self-contained and ideally suited to master this interdisciplinary field."--BOOK JACKET.Vedmedenko, Elena Y. is the author of 'Competing Interactions and Patterns in Nanoworld ', published 2007 under ISBN 9783527404841 and ISBN 3527404848.