Description: This book is the product of Professor William Coffey's tireless efforts to acquaint researchers in the West with the work of leading Russian authorities on relaxation phenomena. Produced with the assistance of the British Council and in cooperation with Queen's University of Belfast and Trinity College, Dublin, it brings together contributions from fifteen scientists whose work was previously unavailable outside of the former Soviet Union. As a consequence, Relaxation Phenomena in Condensed Matter offers us an invaluable introduction to what will seem to many readers a novel (and perhaps, unorthodox) approach to relaxation phenomena. Throughout Relaxation Phenomena in Condensed Matter the emphasis is on the synthesis of ideas drawn from dielectric, magnetic, and elastic relaxation including applications to biology and aqueous systems. The book therefore is divided into three sections, with the first part focusing on dielectric and related relaxation processes in simple liquids; the second devoted to the structure and dielectric relaxation of aqueous solutions; and the final section treating magnetic relaxation, dielectric relaxation in liquid crystals, and elastic relaxation in orientable polymers. For researchers in physical chemistry and chemical physics, this book presents both a powerful stimulus to new research and a fascinating first look at the results of years of inquiry that have, until now, been inaccessible to Western readers.

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