Springer High Pressure Molecular Science: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Il Ciocco, Italy, September 27-October 11, 1998: v. 358 (NATO Science Series: E: Applied Sciences)

Preface. General, Physical Aspects, Materials Science. High Pressure Raman Scattering Studies of Fluids; J. Jonas. Pressure Effects on Non-Linear Optical Phenomena; H.G. Drickamer, et al. Pressure Effects on the Intermolecular Twist of Flexible Molecules in Solid Polymers; H.G. Drickamer, et al. Molecular Dynamics Studies of High Pressure Transformations and Structures; J.S. Tse, D.D. Klug. Experimental Techniques in the Diamond Anvil Cell; D.J. Dunstan. How Accurate are High-Pressure Experiments? M.D. Frogley. Investigations of Semiconductor Band Structure Using High Pressure; D.J. Dunstan. Critical- and Wetting-Phenomena Near the Liquid-Vapour Critical Point of Metals; F. Hensel. Neutron Diffraction Studies of Liquid Alloys up to High Temperatures and Pressures; R. Winter, K. Hochgesand. Mutual Solubility in the Solid Phase of Simple Molecular Systems at High Pressure; J.A. Schouten, M.E. Kooi. High Pressure Behaviour of the Vibrational Spectra of Mixtures in the Fluid Phase and at the Fluid-Solid Transition; J.A. Schouten, J.P.J. Michels. Singular Solid-Liquid-Gas Like Phase Diagram of Neutral-to-Ionic Phase Transition; M.H. Lemée-Cailleau, et al. Structure of Carbon Black Particles; T.W. Zerda. Chemical, Biophysical, Biochemical, and Biomedical Aspects. High-Resolution NMR Spectroscopy at High Pressure; J. Jonas. Pressure-Enhanced Molecular Clustering in Liquid Dimethyl Sulfoxide Studied by Raman Spectroscopy; C. Czeslik, J. Jonas. Inorganic and Bioinorganic Reaction Kinetics under High Pressure; R. van Eldik. Effect of Pressure on Reaction Kinetics. The Components of the Activation Volume Revisited; G. Jenner. Activation of Organic Reactions. High Pressure vs. New Emerging Activation Modes; G. Jenner. Free-RadicalPolymerization under High Pressure; S. Beuermann, M. Buback. Pressure Effects on Lyotropic Lipid Mesophases and Model Membrane Systems &endash; Effects on the Structure, Phase Behaviour and Kinetics of Phase Transformations; R. Winter, et al. Optical Spectroscopic Techniques in High Pressure Bioscience; C. Balny, R. Lange. High Hydrostatic Pressure and Enzymology; C. Balny and N.L. Klyachko. The Phase Diagram and the Pressure-Temperature Behavior of Proteins; K. Heremans. Pressure Denaturation of Proteins; C.A. Royer. Hydrostatic Pressure as a Tool to Study Virus Assembly: Pressure-Inactivation of Viruses by Formation of Fusion Intermediate States; A.C. Oliveira, et al. Structure and Stability of Wildtype and F29W Mutant Forms of the N-Domain of Avian Troponin C Subjected to High Pressures; A. Yu, et al. High Pressure Effects on Protein Flexibility as Monitored by Tryptophan Phosphorescence; P. Cioni. Stability Diagram of Lipoxygenase as Determined from H/D Exchange Kinetics and from Conformational Changes; P. Rubens, et al. FTIR as a Tool to Study Cold, Heat and Pressure Denaturation of Myoglobin; F. Meersman, et al. On the Use of the Term Osmotic Pressure; H. Pfeiffer, K. Heremans. Subject Index. Author Index. List of Participants.