Soft Condensed Matter

Richard A. L. Jones - Collection Oxford master series in condensed matter physics

206 pages, parution le 20/06/2002

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Many materials are neither simple liquids nor crystalline solids of the type studied in other branches of solid state physics, and instead are conveniently classified as 'soft condensed matter'. Examples include glues, paints, soaps, polymer melts and most materials of biological origin. This book offers a coherent and clear introduction to the properties and behaviour of soft matter. It begins with a treatment of the general underlying principles: the relation of the structure and dynamics of solids and liquids to intermolecular forces, the thermodynamics and kinetics of phase transitions, and the principles of self-assembly. Then the specific properties of colloids, polymers, liquid crystals and self-assembling amphiphilic systems are treated within this framework. A concluding chapter illustrates how principles of soft matter physics can be used to understand properties of biological systems. The focus on the essentials and the straightforward approach make the book suitable for students with either a theoretical or an experimental bias. The level is appropriate for final year undergraduates and beginning graduate students in physics, chemistry, materials science, and chemical engineering.

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Introduction and overview
Forces, energies and timescales in condensed matter
Phase transitions
Colloidal dispersions
Polymers
Gelation
Molecular order on soft condensed matter - liquid crystallinity
Molecular order in soft condensed matter - crystallinity in polymers
Supramolecular self-assembly in soft condensed matter
Soft matter in nature
Some results from statistical mechanics
The distribution function on an ideal random walk

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Éditeur(s)	Oxford University Press
Auteur(s)	Richard A. L. Jones
Collection	Oxford master series in condensed matter physics
Parution	20/06/2002
Nb. de pages	206
Format	19 x 24,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	480g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780198505891
ISBN13	978-0-19-850589-1