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Bottom-Up Self-Organization in Supramolecular Soft Matter: Principles and Prototypical Examples of Recent Advances

By Stefan C. Müller , Jürgen Parisi (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Year
2015
ISBN
978-3-319-19409-7, 978-3-319-19410-3
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-19410-3
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
17 MB (18134859 bytes)
Series
Springer Series in Materials Science 217
Edition
1
Pages
XIV, 293\305
Time added
2015-11-25 16:51:03
Complex Fluids and Microfluidics; Physical ChemistSoft and Granular Matter

Description

This book presents the general concepts of self-organized spatio-temporal ordering processes. These concepts are demonstrated via prototypical examples of recent advances in materials science. Particular emphasis is on nano scale soft matter in physics, chemistry, biology and biomedicine. The questions addressed embrace a broad spectrum of complex nonlinear phenomena, ranging from self-assembling near the thermodynamical equilibrium to dissipative structure formation far from equilibrium. Their mutual interplay gives rise to increasing degrees of hierarchical order. Analogues are pointed out, differences characterized and efforts are made to reveal common features in the mechanistic description of those phenomena.

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