**Meet the editor**

Dr. Juan Carlos Moreno-Piraján is a Full Professor, Department of Chemistry at the Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia) and a Director of the Research Group of Porous Solids and Calorimetry. He is a chemist by profession who obtained his Ph.D. from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, where his work was concentrated on the construction of the Tian-Calvet micro-

calorimeter, which was used for the characterization of activated carbons. Professor Moreno has spent his research career developing new materials for water purification. These interesting materials have been synthesized and he has also designed several microcalorimeters that have contributed to these studies. As a result of his research, Professor Moreno-Piraján has 160 publications. His main contributions can be found in the thermodynamic interpretation of solids and liquids, and in the information obtained from calorimetric measurements.

Contents

**Preface IX** 

Francesco Cairo

Chapter 1 **Thermodynamics of Ligand-Protein** 

Agnieszka K. Bronowska

Chapter 2 **Atmospheric Thermodynamics 49** 

Xinyong Shen and Xiaofan Li

Chapter 4 **Comparison of the Thermodynamic Parameters** 

Sergiy Lyubchik and Isabel Fonseca

**Formation in Laser Ablation 123**  Toshio Takiya, Min Han and Minoru Yaga

**Engine or a Mechanical Pump? 147**  Shinya Shimokawa and Hisashi Ozawa

Chapter 7 **Thermodynamic of the Interactions Between** 

and Juan Carlos Moreno-Piraján

Chapter 8 **Thermodynamics of Interfaces 201** 

Omid Moradi

Chapter 6 **Thermodynamics of the Oceanic General** 

Chapter 5 **Thermodynamics of Nanoparticle** 

**Interactions: Implications for Molecular Design 1** 

Chapter 3 **Thermodynamic Aspects of Precipitation Efficiency 73** 

**Estimation for the Adsorption Process of the** 

**Circulation – Is the Abyssal Circulation a Heat** 

Vanessa García-Cuello, Diana Vargas-Delgadillo, Yesid Murillo-Acevedo, Melina Yara Cantillo-Castrillon,

Paola Rodríguez-Estupiñán, Liliana Giraldo

**Gas-Solidand Solid-Liquid on Carbonaceous Materials 163** 

**Metals from Liquid Phase on Activated Carbons 95**  Svetlana Lyubchik, Andrey Lyubchik, Olena Lygina,
