Emergent Properties in Chemistry - Relating Molecular Properties to Bulk Behavior.

Cluster compounds Emergence Phase transitions Philosophy of chemistry Water chemistry

Journal

Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)
ISSN: 1521-3765
Titre abrégé: Chemistry
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 9513783

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
01 Apr 2024
Historique:
received: 21 11 2023
medline: 1 4 2024
pubmed: 1 4 2024
entrez: 1 4 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

Certain properties of an object only emerge when a sufficient number of those objects are present in a definite arrangement. For example, one or two water molecules cannot said to be in a liquid state, but a drop of water can be. This concept of emergence has been studied extensively, but only occasionally discussed explicitly in the context of chemistry. In this paper, we aim to show the fruitfulness of the concept of emergence for chemical inquiry by considering four case studies of emergent chemical properties, i. e., the liquidity and freezing of water, structural properties of crystals, thermodynamical phase transitions and quantum mechanical phenomena. We show that some of these properties emerge gradually, some at discrete points, and some should be taken to emerge only when the number of constituents tends to infinity. We argue that studying the way in which chemical properties emerge presents a useful avenue for research that promises greater insight into the nature of those properties.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38558443
doi: 10.1002/chem.202303868
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Review

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

e202303868

Informations de copyright

© 2024 The Authors. Chemistry - A European Journal published by Wiley-VCH GmbH.

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Auteurs

Norman Sieroka (N)

University of Bremen, Institute for Philosophy, Enrique-Schmidt-Straße 7, D-28359, Bremen, Germany.
ETH Zurich, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg, CH-8093, Zurich, Switzerland.

Tammo Lossau (T)

University of Bremen, Institute for Philosophy, Enrique-Schmidt-Straße 7, D-28359, Bremen, Germany.

Tim Neudecker (T)

University of Bremen, Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Leobener Straße 6, D-28359, Bremen, Germany.
Bremen Center for Computational Materials Science, Am Fallturm 1, D-28359, Bremen, Germany.
MAPEX Center for Materials and Processes, Bibliothekstraße 1, D-28359, Bremen, Germany.

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