Advances in Chemical Physics– Vol 151: Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Multistep Nucleation and Self–Assembly in Nanoscale Materials

Gregoire Nicolis studied engineering at the Technical University of Athens and received his doctorate in physics from the Universite libre de Bruxelles, where he is currently Professor Emeritus at the Center for Nonlinear Phenomena and Complex Systems. His research focuses on the theory of irreversible processes, nonlinear phenomena, and complex systems. Dominique Maes is a Professor at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Her research focuses on microgravity and the crystallization of proteins in space. Series Editors Stuart A. Rice received his master's and doctorate from Harvard University and was a junior fellow at Harvard for two years before joining the faculty of The University of Chicago in 1957, where he is currently the Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus. Aaron R. Dinner received his bachelor's degree and doctorate from Harvard University, after which he conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Oxford and the University of California, Berkeley. He joined the faculty at The University of Chicago in 2003.

Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Fluctuation-Induced Transitions in Multistable Systems 1 By Gregoire Nicolis and Catherine Nicolis Dynamical Rare Event Simulation Techniques for Equilibrium and Nonequilibrium Systems 27 By Titus S. Van Erp Confocal Depolarized Dynamic Light Scattering 61 By M. Potenza, T. Sanvito, V. Degiorgio, and M. Giglio The Two-Step Mechanism and The Solution-Crystal Spinodal for Nucleation of Crystals in Solution 79 By Peter G. Vekilov Experimental Studies of Two-Step Nucleation During Two-Dimensional Crystallization of Colloidal Particles with Short-Range Attraction 111 By John R. Savage, Liquan Pei, and Anthony D. Dinsmore On the Role of Metastable Intermediate States in the Homogeneous Nucleation of Solids from Solution 137 By James F. Lutsko Effects of Protein Size on the High-Concentration/Low-Concentration Phase Transition 173 By Patrick Grosfils Geometric Constraints in the Self-Assembly of Mineral Dendrites and Platelets 193 By John J. Kozak What can Mesoscopic Level IN SITU Observations Teach us About Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Protein Crystallization? 223 By Mike Sleutel, Dominique Maes, and Alexander Van Driessche The Ability of Silica to Induce Biomimetic Crystallization of Calcium Carbonate 277 By Matthias Kellermeier, Emilio Melero-Garcia, Werner Kunz, and Juan Manuel Garcia-Ruiz Author Index 309 Subject Index 325