The Oxford Handbook Of Soft Condensed Matter

Author : Eugene Michael Terentjev
Publisher : Oxford Handbooks
Page : 605 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780199667925

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The Oxford Handbook of Soft Condensed Matter by Eugene Michael Terentjev Pdf

This Handbook serves both as an introduction and an overview of the field of soft condensed matter. The discussion covers topics ranging from the fundamentals of colloid science to the principles and action of surfactants, modern directions of research in liquid crystals, and the key properties of foams. The book also explores the fundamental physics that controls the structure and mechanics of granular matter; how the unusual and often dramatic mechanical properties of concentrated polymer systems are determined by the physics of entanglements; the complex structures formed by block copolymers and the methods of structure analysis; rubber elasticity and new emerging classes of rubber-elastic materials; the physics of polyelectrolytes; the solvent dynamics in polymer gels, in equilibrium and under mechanical stress; and the hierarchical structure and characteristics of an extracellular matrix.

Author : Richard A.L. Jones
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2002-06-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 0198505892

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Soft Condensed Matter by Richard A.L. Jones Pdf

This text offers an introduction to the properties and behaviour of soft matter. It begins with a treatment of the underlying principles, then discusses how the properties of certain substances and systems are treated within this framework.

Author : Eugene M. Terentjev,David A. Weitz
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2015-02-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780191044069

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The Oxford Handbook of Soft Condensed Matter by Eugene M. Terentjev,David A. Weitz Pdf

Soft condensed matter is a relatively new topic. Condensed matter has typically referred to more traditional liquids, which have a long history of study, or to solids, which have focused more commonly on hard materials, driven in large measure by the importance of structural materials or the metals and semiconductors which drove the rapid evolution of microelectronics. It is only relatively recently, over the past 20 to 30 years, that soft condensed matter has matured into its own identifiable field. However, the field is an amalgam of many subfields, and many of these have themselves much longer histories. This handbook serves as an overview of many of these topics. Because of the great breadth, it is impossible to include them all; nevertheless, the key subjects of soft condensed matter are represented here. Together, they form both an introduction and an overview of the field. Each topic, and its representing Chapter, could have been a full size book - in fact, there are a number of such books on many of the topics covered in the handbook. Our aim here was to give a current snapshot of the field, identify the key principles at play and the most prominent (and promising) ways of its further development, provide essential references for anyone to follow the subject, but not necessarily go into a lot of detail on each topic.

Author : Richard Anthony Lewis Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Soft condensed matter
ISBN : 1383021198

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Soft Condensed Matter by Richard Anthony Lewis Jones Pdf

This text offers an introduction to the properties and behaviour of soft matter. It begins with a treatment of the underlying principles, then discusses how the properties of certain substances and systems are treated within this framework.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9350301660

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Condensed Matter Physics by Anonim Pdf

Author : Alberto Fernandez-Nieves,Antonio Manuel Puertas
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781118065624

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Fluids, Colloids and Soft Materials by Alberto Fernandez-Nieves,Antonio Manuel Puertas Pdf

This book presents a compilation of self-contained chapters covering a wide range of topics within the broad field of soft condensed matter. Each chapter starts with basic definitions to bring the reader up-to-date on the topic at hand, describing how to use fluid flows to generate soft materials of high value either for applications or for basic research. Coverage includes topics related to colloidal suspensions and soft materials and how they differ in behavior, along with a roadmap for researchers on how to use soft materials to study relevant physics questions related to geometrical frustration.

Author : Masao Doi
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780191503504

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Soft Matter Physics by Masao Doi Pdf

Soft matter (polymers, colloids, surfactants and liquid crystals) are an important class of materials in modern technology. They also form the basis of many future technologies, for example in medical and environmental applications. Soft matter shows complex behaviour between fluids and solids, and used to be a synonym of complex materials. Due to the developments of the past two decades, soft condensed matter can now be discussed on the same sound physical basis as solid condensed matter. The purpose of this book is to provide an overview of soft matter for undergraduate and graduate students in physics and materials science. The book provides an introduction to soft matter (what it is, and what are the characteristics of such materials), and also provides the reader with the physical basis for understanding and discussing such characteristics in more detail. Many basic concepts, which are required in advanced courses of condensed matter physics, such as coarse graining, scaling, phase separation, order-disorder transition, Brownian motion, and fluctuation-dissipation theorem, are explained in detail with various forms of soft matter used as examples.

Author : Steven H. Simon
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780199680764

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The Oxford Solid State Basics by Steven H. Simon Pdf

This is a first undergraduate textbook in Solid State Physics or Condensed Matter Physics. While most textbooks on the subject are extremely dry, this book is written to be much more exciting, inspiring, and entertaining.

Author : Tom McLeish
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 019184490X

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Soft Matter by Tom McLeish Pdf

Tom McLeish delves into the growing field of soft matter - the study of materials such as polymers, colloids, liquid crystals, and foams. Looking beneath their appearance to their inner structure, he discusses their shared physical properties, the principle of Brownian Motion that underlies all soft matter, and the applications of these materials.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 1885 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-06-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811218071

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Soft Matter And Biomaterials On The Nanoscale: The Wspc Reference On Functional Nanomaterials - Part I (In 4 Volumes) by Anonim Pdf

This book is indexed in Chemical Abstracts ServiceSoft and bio-nanomaterials offer a tremendously rich behavior due to the diversity and tailorability of their structures. Built from polymers, nanoparticles, small and large molecules, peptoids and other nanoscale building blocks, such materials exhibit exciting functions, either intrinsically or through the engineering of their organization and combination of blocks. Thus, it is not surprising that a variety of challenges, for example, in energy storage, environment protection, advanced manufacturing, purification and healthcare, can be addressed using these materials. The recent advances in understanding the behavior of soft matter and biomaterials are being actively translated into functional materials systems and devices, which take advantages of newly discovered and specifically created morphologies with desired properties. This major reference work presents a detailed overview of recent research developments on fundamental and application-inspired aspects of soft and bio-nanomaterials and their emerging functions, and will be divided into four volumes: Vol 1: Soft Matter under Geometrical Confinement: From Fundamentals at Planar Surfaces and Interfaces to Functionalities of Nanoporous Materials; Vol 2: Polymers on the Nanoscale: Nano-structured Polymers and Their Applications; Vol 3: Bio-Inspired Nanomaterials: Nanomaterials Built from Biomolecules and Using Bio-derived Principles; Vol 4: Nanomedicine: Nanoscale Materials in Nano/Bio Medicine.

Author : Linda S. Hirst
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781351754927

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Fundamentals of Soft Matter Science by Linda S. Hirst Pdf

This revised edition continues to provide the most approachable introduction to the structure, characteristics, and everyday applications of soft matter. It begins with a substantially revised overview of the underlying physics and chemistry common to soft materials. Subsequent chapters comprehensively address the different classes of soft materials, from liquid crystals to surfactants, polymers, colloids, and biomaterials, with vivid, full-color illustrations throughout. There are new worked examples throughout, new problems, some deeper mathematical treatment, and new sections on key topics such as diffusion, active matter, liquid crystal defects, surfactant phases and more. • Introduces the science of soft materials, experimental methods used in their study, and wide-ranging applications in everyday life. • Provides brand new worked examples throughout, in addition to expanded chapter problem sets and an updated glossary. • Includes expanded mathematical content and substantially revised introductory chapters. This book will provide a comprehensive introductory resource to both undergraduate and graduate students discovering soft materials for the first time and is aimed at students with an introductory college background in physics, chemistry or materials science.

Author : Fernando Gomes
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780128235553

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Nanofabrication for Smart Nanosensor Applications by Fernando Gomes Pdf

Nanofabrication for Smart Nanosensor Applications addresses the design, manufacture and applications of a variety of nanomaterials for sensing applications. In particular, the book explores how nanofabrication techniques are used to create more efficient nanosensors, examines their major applications in biomedicine and environmental science, discusses the fundamentals of how nanosensors work, explores different nanofabrication techniques, and comments on toxicity and safety issues relating to the creation of nanosensors using certain nanomaterial classes. This book is an important resource for materials scientists and engineers who want to make materials selection decisions for the creation of new nansensor devices. Summarizes current research and applications of a variety of nanofabrication techniques for the creation of efficient sensing devices Provides readers with an understanding of surfaces and interfaces, a key challenge for those working on hybrid nanomaterials, carbon nanotubes, graphene, polymers and liquid crystal electro-optical imaging Discusses the variability and sight recognition of biopolymers, such as DNA molecules, which offer a wide range of opportunities for the self-organization of nanostructures into much more complex patterns

Author : Ingo Dierking
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783038971153

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Nanomaterials in Liquid Crystals by Ingo Dierking Pdf

This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Nanomaterials in Liquid Crystals" that was published in Nanomaterials

Author : Magued Iskander,Stephen Bless,Mehdi Omidvar
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128011553

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Rapid Penetration into Granular Media by Magued Iskander,Stephen Bless,Mehdi Omidvar Pdf

Rapid Penetration into Granular Media: Visualizing the Fundamental Physics of Rapid Penetration introduces readers to the variety of methods developed to visualize, observe, and model the rapid penetration of natural and man-made projectiles into earth materials while providing seasoned practitioners with a standard reference that showcases the topic's most recent developments in research and application. There has been a flurry of recently funded research both in the U.S. and Europe on studying the behavior of projectiles in granular media. This book compiles the findings of recent research on the subject and outlines the fundamental physics of rapid earth penetration, and assembles a comprehensive collection of experimental and numerical techniques to study the problem. Presents a comprehensive interdisciplinary review of the latest research developments in the response of granular media to impact and impulsive loading Combines the experience of prominent researchers from different disciplines focusing on the challenges presented by impact loading of granular media Introduces recently developed methods for visualizing the fundamental physics of rapid penetration into granular media

Author : Ingo Dierking
Publisher : Royal Society of Chemistry
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781782629825

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Polymer-modified Liquid Crystals by Ingo Dierking Pdf

A state-of-the-art account of current developments in polymer-dispersed liquid crystals and polymer-stabilized liquid crystals research.