Soft condensed matter
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Soft condensed matter
（Oxford master series in condensed matter physics, 6）
Oxford University Press, 2002
- : pbk
- : hard
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-191) and index
Description and Table of Contents
- Volume
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: pbk ISBN 9780198505891
Description
The physics of soft condensed matter is probably one of the most 'fashionable' areas in the physical sciences today. 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.
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction and overview
- 2. Forces, energies and timescales in condensed matter
- 3. Phase transitions
- 4. Colloidal dispersions
- 5. Polymers
- 6. Gelation
- 7. Molecular order on soft condensed matter - liquid crystallinity
- 8. Molecular order in soft condensed matter - crystallinity in polymers
- 9. Supramolecular self-assembly in soft condensed matter
- 10. Soft matter in nature
- A. Some results from statistical mechanics
- B. The distribution function on an ideal random walk
- Bibliography
- Volume
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: hard ISBN 9780198505907
Description
The physics of soft condensed matter is probably one of the most 'fashionable' areas in the physical sciences today. 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.
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction and overview
- 2. Forces, energies and timescales in condensed matter
- 3. Phase transitions
- 4. Colloidal dispersions
- 5. Polymers
- 6. Gelation
- 7. Molecular order om soft condensed matter - liquid crystallinity
- 8. Molecular order in soft condensed matter - crystallinity in polymers
- 9. Supramolecular self-assembly in soft condensed matter
- 10. Soft matter in nature
- A. Some results from statistical mechanics
- B. The distribution function on an ideal random walk
- Bibliography
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