Hamley, Ian W. Introduction to Soft Matter Synthetic and Biological Self-Assembling Materials
1. Auflage - September 2007 44,90 Euro 2007. 340 Seiten, Softcover - Praktikerbuch - ISBN-10: 0-470-51610-0 ISBN-13: 978-0-470-51610-2 - John Wiley & Sons
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Kurzbeschreibung Introduction to Soft Matter, Revised Edition: Synthetic and Biological Self-Assembling Materials provides an introduction to this exciting subject with chapters covering natural and synthetic polymers, colloids, surfactants, and liquid crystals highlighting the many and varied applications of these materials.
Aus dem Inhalt Preface to the revised Edition.
Preface to the First Edition.
1. Introduction.
1.1 Introduction.
1.2 Intermolecular Interactions.
1.3 Structural Organization.
1.4 Dynamics.
1.5 Phase Transitions.
1.6 Order Parameters.
1.7 Scaling Laws.
1.8 Polydispersity.
1.9 Experimental Techniques for Investigating Soft Matter.
1.10 Computer Simulation.
Further Reading.
2. Polymers.
2.1 Introduction.
2.2 Synthesis.
2.3 Polymer Chain Conformation.
2.4 Characterization.
2.5 Polymer Solutions.
2.6 Amorphous Polymers.
2.7 Crystalline Polymers.
2.8 Plastics.
2.9 Rubber.
2.10 Fibres.
2.11 Polymer Blends and Block Copolymers.
2.12 Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers.
2.13 Polyelectrolytes.
2.14 Electronic and Opto-electronic Polymers.
Further Reading.
Questions.
3. Colloids.
3.1 Introduction.
3.2 Types of Colloids.
3.3 Forces Between Colloidal Particles.
3.4 Characterization of Colloids.
3.5 Charge Stabilization.
3.6 Steric Stabilization.
3.7 Effect of Polymers on Colloid Stability.
3.8 Kinetic Properties.
3.9 Sols.
3.10 Gels.
3.11 Clays.
3.12 Foams.
3.13 Emulsions.
3.14 Food Colloids.
3.15 Concentrated Colloidal Dispersions.
Further Reading.
Questions.
4. Amphiphiles.
4.1 Introduction.
4.2 Types of Amphiphile.
4.3 Surface Activity.
4.4 Surfactant Monolayers and Langmuir-Blodgett Films.
4.5 Adsorption at Solid Interfaces.
4.6 Micellization and the Critical Micelle Concentration.
4.7 Detergency.
4.8 Solubilization in Micelles.
4.9 Interfacial Curvature and Its Relationship to Molecular Structure.
4.10 Liquid Crystal Phases at High Concentrations.
