Van der Waals Forces: A Handbook for Biologists范德瓦尔斯力：生物学家，化学家，工程师和物理学家手册

This should prove to be the definitive work explaining van der Waals forces, how to calculate them and take account of their impact under any circumstances and conditions. These weak intermolecular forces are of truly pervasive impact, and biologists, chemists, physicists, and engineers will profit greatly from the thorough grounding in these fundamental forces. Parsegian has organized his book at three successive levels of mathematical sophistication, to satisfy the needs and interests of readers at all levels of preparation. The Prelude and Level 1 are intended to give everyone an overview in words and pictures of the modern theory of van der Waals forces. Level 2 gives the formulae and a wide range of algorithms to let readers compute the van der Waals forces under virtually any physical or physiological conditions. Level 3 offers a rigorous basic formulation of the theory.

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Preface
PRELUDE
　Pr.1. The dance of the charges
　Pr.2. How do we convert absorption spectra to charge-fluctuation forces?
　Pr.3. How good are measurements? Do they really confirm theory?
　Pr.4. What can I expect to get from this book?
LEVEL 1: INTRODUCTION
　L1.1. The simplest case: Material A versus material B across medium m
　L1.2. The van der Waals interaction spectrum
　L1.3. Layered planar bodies
　L1.4. Spherical geometries
　L1.5. Cylindrical geometries
LEVEL 2: PRACTICE
　L2.1. Notation and symbols
　　L2.1.A. Geometric quantities
　　L2.1.B. Force and energy
　　L2.1.C. Spherical and cylindrical bodies
　　L2.1.D. Material properties
　　L2.1.E. Variables to specify point positions
　　L2.1.F. Variables used for integration and summation
　　L2.1.G. Differences-over-sums for material properties
　　L2.1.H. Hamaker coefficients
　　L2.1.I. Comparison of cgs and mks notation
　　L2.1.J. Unit conversions, mks-cgs
　L2.2. Tables of formulae
　　L2.2.A. Tables of formulae in planar geometry
　　L2.2.B. Tables of formulae in spherical geometry
　　L2.2.C. Tables of formulae in cylindrical geometry
　L2.3. Essays on formulae
　　L2.3.A. Interactions between two semi-infinite media
　　L2.3.B. Layered systems
　　L2.3.C. The Derjaguin transform for interactions between oppositely curved surfaces
　　L2.3.D. Hamaker approximation: Hybridization to modern theory
　　L2.3.E. Point particles in dilute gases and suspensions
　　L2.3.F. Point particles and a planar substrate
　　L2.3.G. Line particles in dilute suspension
　L2.4. Computation
　　Lg.4.A. Properties of dielectric response
　　L2.4.B. Integration algorithms
　　L2.4.C. Numerical conversion of full spectra into forces
　　Lg.4.D. Sample spectral parameters
　　Lg.4.E. Department of tricks, shortcuts, and desperate necessities
　　L2.4.F. Sample programs, approximate procedures
LEVEL 3: FOUNDATIONS
　L3.1. Story, stance, strategy
　L3.2. Notation used in level 3 derivations
　　L3.g.A. Lifshitz result
　　L3.2.B. Layered systems
　　L3.2.C. Ionic-fluctuation forces
　　L3.2.D. Anisotropic media
　　L3.2.E. Anisotropic ionic media
　L3.3. A heuristic derivation of kifshitz' general result for the interaction between two semi-infinite media across a planar gap
　L3.4. Derivation of van der Waals interactions in layered planar systems
　L3.5. Inhomogeneous media
　L3.6. Ionic-charge fluctuations
　L3.7. Anisotropic media
Problem sets
　Problem sets for Prelude
　Problem sets for level 1
　Problem sets for level 2
Notes
Index