Biophysical Chemistry of Fractal Structures and Processes in Environmental Systems (Iupac Series On Analytical and Physical Chemistry Of Environmental Systems Volume 11)

342 Pages·2008·5.55 MB·English

by  Nicola Senesi

IUPACSeriesonAnalyticalandPhysicalChemistry
ofEnvironmentalSystems.Volume11
Biophysical Chemistry
of Fractal Structures
and Processes in
Environmental Systems
Editedby
PROFESSORNICOLASENESI
DepartmentofBiologyandChemistry,UniversityofBari,Italy
PROFESSORKEVINJ.WILKINSON
DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofMontreal,Canada
A John Wiley and Sons, Ltd, Publication

Biophysical Chemistry of Fractal
Structures and Processes in
Environmental Systems
IUPACSERIESONANALYTICALANDPHYSICALCHEMISTRY
OFENVIRONMENTALSYSTEMS
SeriesEditors
JacquesBuffle,UniversityofGeneva,Geneva,Switzerland
HermanP.vanLeeuwen,WageningenUniversity,Wageningen,
TheNetherlands
SeriespublishedwithintheframeworkoftheactivitiesoftheIUPACCommissiononFundamental
EnvironmentalChemistry,DivisionofChemistryandtheEnvironment.
INTERNATIONALUNIONOFPUREANDAPPLIEDCHEMISTRY(IUPAC)
Secretariat,POBox13757,104T.W.AlexanderDrive,Building19,
ResearchTrianglePark,NC27709-3757,USA
Previouslypublishedvolumes(LewisPublishers)
EnvironmentalParticlesVol.1(1992)ISBN0-87371-589-6
EditedbyJacquesBuffleandHermanP.vanLeeuwen
EnvironmentalParticlesVol.2(1993)ISBN0-87371-895-X
EditedbyJacquesBuffleandHermanPvanLeeuwen
PreviouslyPublishedvolumes(JohnWiley&Sons,Ltd)
MetalSpeciationandBioavailabilityinAquaticSystemsVol.3(1995)
ISBN0-471-95830-1
EditedbyAndreTessierandDavidRTurner
StructureandSurfaceReactionsofSoilParticlesVol.4(1998)
ISBN0-471-95936-7
EditedbyPanM.Huang,NicolaSenesiandJacquesBuffle
AtmosphericParticlesVol.5(1998)
ISBN0-471-95935-9
EditedbyRoyM.HarrisonandReneEvanGrieken
InSituMonitoringofAquaticSystemsVol.6(2000)
ISBN0-471-48979-4
EditedbyJacquesBuffleandGeorgeHorvai
TheBiogeochemistryofIroninSeawaterVol.7(2001)
ISBN0-471-49068-7
EditedbyDavidR.TurnerandKeithA.Hunter
InteractionsbetweenSoilParticlesandMicroorganismsVol.8(2002)
ISBN0-471-60790-8
EditedbyPanM.Huang,Jean-MarcBollagandNicolaSenesi
PhysicochemicalKineticsandTransportatBiointerfacesVol.9(2004)
ISBN0-471-49845-9
EditedbyHermanP.vanLeeuwenandWolfgangKoster
EnvironmentalColloidsandParticles–Behaviour,SeparationandCharacterisationVol.10(2006)
ISBN978-0470-024324
EditedbyKevinJ.WilkinsonandJamieLead
BiophysicalChemistryofFractalStructuresandProcessesinEnvironmentalSystemsVol.11(2008)
ISBN978-0470-014745
EditedbyNicolaSenesiandKevinJ.Wilkinson
IUPACSeriesonAnalyticalandPhysicalChemistry
ofEnvironmentalSystems.Volume11
Biophysical Chemistry
of Fractal Structures
and Processes in
Environmental Systems
Editedby
PROFESSORNICOLASENESI
DepartmentofBiologyandChemistry,UniversityofBari,Italy
PROFESSORKEVINJ.WILKINSON
DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofMontreal,Canada
A John Wiley and Sons, Ltd, Publication
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Senesi,N.(Nicola)
Biophysicalchemistryoffractalstructuresandprocessesinenvironmentalsystems/NicolaSenesi,KevinWilkinson.
p. cm.—(Seriesonanalyticalandphysicalchemistryofenvironmentalsystems)
Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.
ISBN978-0-470-01474-5(cloth:alk.paper)
1. Physicalbiochemistry. 2. Fractals. 3. Environmentalchemistry.
I. Wilkinson,KevinJ. II. Title.
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Contents
AbouttheEditors vii
ListofContributors ix
SeriesPreface xi
Preface xiii
1. IntroductiontotheStudyofEnvironmentalFractals 1
NicolaSenesiandKevinJ.Wilkinson
2. IntroductiontoFractalGeometry,FragmentationProcessesand
MultifractalMeasures:TheoryandOperationalAspectsoftheir
ApplicationtoNaturalSystems 11
PhilippeBaveye,CharlesW.Boast,SarraGaspard,AnaM.Tarquis
andHumbertoMillan
3. MethodsandTechniquesforFractalAnalysisofEnvironmental
Systems 69
GraemeBushell
4. FractalStructuresandMechanismsinCoagulation/Flocculation
ProcessesinEnvironmentalSystems:TheoreticalAspects 111
SergeStollandSilviaDiez
5. FractalMechanismsinCoagulation/FlocculationProcessesin
EnvironmentalSystems 149
JeanYvesBottero,ArmandMasionandJérômeRose
6. FractalApproachtoAdsorption/DesorptionProcesseson
EnvironmentalSurfaces 179
ZofiaSokołowskaandStefanSokołowski
7. ApplicationsofFractalsintheStudyofHumicMaterials 221
JamesA.Rice
8. FractalGeometryandMicroorganismsintheEnvironment 239
LynneBoddyandDamianP.Donnelly
9. FractalGeometryofAerosolParticles 273
IanColbeck
Index 317

About the Editors
NicolaSenesiisProfessorofSoilChemistryandHead
of the Department of Agroforestal and Environmental
Biology and Chemistry of the University of Bari, Italy,
where he has been actively involved in research and
teaching since 1969. He has taught courses in Soil
Chemistry, Soil Science,Agricultural Chemistry,Wood
ChemistryandTechnology,OrganicChemistry,andGen-
eral and Inorganic Chemistry. He has been a visiting
professor and/or scientist for various periods at univer-
sitiesinCanada,USA,Somalia,Indonesia,Switzerland,
Argentina, Brasil, Venezuela and Colombia. Dr. Senesi
isaFellowoftheAmericanSocietyofAgronomy(ASA)
since 1995 and the Soil Science Society of America
(SSSA)since1996,andreceivedtheGoldMedalofthe
Polish Soil Science Society in 1994. He was conferred with a Doctorate Honoris
CausabytheInstituteNationalPolytechniquedeToulouse(INPT),France,in2000.
Dr. Senesi is currently President of Division VI: Chemistry and the Environment
andChairoftheSubcommitteeonBiophysico-ChemicalProcessesinEnvironmental
Systems of IUPAC, President of MESAEP, and Vice-President of the Italian Soil
Science Society (SISS), and was President of the International Humic Substances
Society (IHSS) and Chairman of Division II-Soil Properties and Processes of the
International Union of Soil Science (IUSS). He is currently anAssociate Editor of
Geoderma,SoilScience,Pedosphere,PureandAppliedChemistryandCLEAN-Soil,
Air,Water.Dr.Senesi’sresearchisfocusedonfundamentalandappliedaspectsofthe
chemistryandbiochemistryoforganicmatterfromsoilsandothersystemsandmater-
ials,anditsinteractionswithsoil-appliedorganicchemicalsandtracemetals,bythe
useofadvancedphysico-chemicaltechniquesandbiochemicaltools.Specifictopics
ofresearchincludetheabioticinteractionsofherbicidesandendocrinedisruptorswith
humicsubstances,thecomplexationmechanismsbetweentracemetalsofagricultural
andenvironmentalimportanceandnaturalandartificialhumicmaterials,thephysiolo-
gicalandantimutageniceffectsofhumicsubstancesonplants,andtheimplications
ofrecyclingorganicwastesonsoilfertilityandcropproduction.Heisalsopioneer-
ing the application of fractal geometry to the study of molecular conformation and
aggregationprocessesofnaturalsoilorganiccolloids.Theresultsofhisresearchare
documentedinabout300scientificandtechnicalpapersandabout60bookchapters
andinvitedreviews.Dr.Senesihasalsoco-edited12booksandProceedingsVolumes.