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

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.

List of contents

Introduction.- Hierarchical Self-Organization and Self-Assembly: Metal Nanoparticles in Polymer Matrices.- Aggregate Structure and Dynamic Percolation in Micro emulsions.- Electric Field Effects in Chemical Patterns.- Charge Transport in Chain of Nanoparticles.- Influence of Nanoparticles on the Mechanism and Properties of Nanocomposites Obtained in Frontal Regime.- Nonlinear Dynamics of Reactive Nano systems: Theory and Experiments.- Automated Polarized Microscopy Analysis of Fluorescent and Birefringent Nano- and Microfibers.- Colloidal Copper Sulphide Based Nanocrystals as Building Blocks for Self-Assembled Nanostructures.- Supramolecular Organization of pi-Conjugated Oligomers.- Negative Curvature and Control of Excitable Biological Media.- Self-Organization of Nanoparticle-Membrane Systems: Reconstitution of Cell Migration.- Deterministic Anti dissipation.- Example of a Beneficial Interaction Instability.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Assisted by: Stefa C Müller (Editor), Stefan C Müller (Editor), Stefan C. Müller (Editor), PARISI (Editor), Parisi (Editor), Jürgen Parisi (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2015
• EAN: 9783319194097
• ISBN: 978-3-31-919409-7
• No. of pages: 293
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 21 mm x 243 mm
• Weight: 573 g
• Illustrations: XIV, 293 p. 163 illus., 90 illus. in color.
• Series: Springer Series in Materials Science; Springer Series in Materials Science
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Atomic physics, nuclear physics; Nanotechnologie, Biophysik, B, Technische Anwendung von Polymeren und Verbundwerkstoffen, polymers, Polymer Sciences, Nanotechnology, Physics and Astronomy, Physical Chemistry, Medical physics, Biophysics, Biological physics, Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics, Polymer chemistry, Amorphous substances, Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics, Complex fluids, Soft and Granular Matter