Soft Matter. Vol.3 - Colloidal Order from Entropic and Surface Forces

Soft matter characterizes a large class of materials displaying strong interactions between their building blocks within the same molecule, but weak interactions between different molecules.This comprehensive third volume in the series treats the underlying principles, concepts and the phenomena of polymers and colloids, including entropic attraction and ordering, inhomogeneous rod and platelet fluids, patterned substrates, and melting in two-dimensional colloid systems.With contributions by top scientists from all over the world and aimed at both graduate students and researchers in academia and industry, this is an introduction to the field as well as a concise reference for those already working in it.

List of contents

Entropic attraction and ordering.Inhomogeneous platelet and rod fluids.Colloids on patterned substrates.Melting in two-dimensional colloid systems.

Product details

• Assisted by: Gerhard Gompper (Editor), Michael Schick (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley-VCH
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2007
• EAN: 9783527313709
• ISBN: 978-3-527-31370-9
• No. of pages: 322
• Dimensions: 177 mm x 246 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 776 g
• Illustrations: 117 SW-Abb., 12 Farbabb.
• Series: Soft Matter
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Chemistry > Physical chemistry