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Soft Matter Physics

By Mohamed Daoud , F. Brochard-Wyart (auth.) , Claudine E. Williams (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
1999
ISBN
978-3-662-03847-5, 978-3-662-03845-1
DOI
10.1007/978-3-662-03845-1
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10390210 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
320\335
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
Complex Fluids and Microfluidics; Condensed MatterSoft and Granular MatterThin Films; Polymer Sciences; Physical Chemistry

Description

What do colloids, fractals, liquid crystals, and polymers have in common? Nothing at first sight. Yet the distance scales, the energy transfers, the way these objects react to an external field are very similar. For the first time, this book offers an introduction to the physics of these soft materials in one single volume. A variety of experiments and concepts are presented, including the phenomena of capillarity and wetting, fractals, small volumes and large surfaces, colloids, surfactants, giant micelles and fluid membranes, polymers, and liquid crystals. Each chapter is written by experts in the field with the aim of making the book accessible to the widest possible scientific audience: graduate students, lecturers, and research scientists in physics, chemistry, and other disciplines. Nobel Prize winner Pierre-Gilles de Gennes inspired this book and has written a foreword.

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