Theoretical and Experimental Studies of Liquid-X Interfaces

斯图尔特·A·赖斯教授得到了理论和计算化学项目的资助，对各种液体和表面之间的界面进行了理论和实验研究。这项研究对于理解液体分子与表面接触时的定向方式具有重要意义。赖斯计划沿着以下方向继续研究液面界面：1)研究合金组分的价态和尺寸差异对液-汽界面纵向和横向关联函数的影响；2)确定接触介质对液态金属-X界面金属侧结构的影响；3)对非均相液态金属-X界面中物质和动量的各向异性输运进行了理论研究，4)对非均相体系中金属-非金属的转变进行了理论分析，5)对长链两亲分子支撑单分子膜进行了实验和理论研究；6)对两亲分子的液体支撑单分子膜的相变动力学进行实验和理论研究；以及7)利用入射消逝辐射的光散射来确定吸附的聚合物分子的尺寸。

Professor Stuart A. Rice is supported by a grant from The Theoretical and Computational Chemistry Program to perform both theoretical and experimental studies on the interfaces between liquids and surfaces of various kinds. This research is of fundamental importance in understanding the way in which liquid molecules orient themselves when in contact with a surface. Rice plans to continue his work on studying liquid surface interfaces along the following directions: 1) to study the influence of valence and size differences between alloy components on the longitudinal and transverse correlation functions in liuqid-vapor interfaces; 2) to determine the influence of the contact medium on the structure of the metal side of a liquid metal-X interface; 3) to perform a theoretical study of the anisotropic transport of matter and momentum across an inhomogeneous liquid metal-X interface; 4) to perform a theoretical analysis of the metal-to-nonmetal transition in an inhomogeneous system; 5) to perform both experimental and theoretical studies of supported monolayers of long chain amphiphile molecules; 6) to perform experimental and theoretical studies of the kinetics of phase changes in liquid supported monolayers of amphiphile molecules; and 7) to determine the dimensions of adsorbed polymer molecules using light scattering with incident evanescent radiation.