Colloid And Molecular Electro Optics 1991 Proceedings Of The Int Symposium 19 26 September 1991

The use of the time-dependent electro-optical effect, and a variety of light scattering and spectroscopic techniques, have provided increasingly sophisticated information on on the behaviour and properties of molecules and particles in solution. These techniques can give information on high-field effects, macromolecules, gels, liquid crystals, membranes, colloidal particles, and similar materials. Latest results presented at this established series of conferences make this volume an important reference source for researchers in physics, chemistry and biology.

Decoherence is the physical process by which the classical world - the world of common sense - emerges from its quantum underpinnings. This physical process refers to the loss of phase coherence between the parts of a quantum system, because of the interaction of the system with the environment.