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Structure and Rheology of Complex Fluids

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ISBN-10: 019512197X

ISBN-13: 9780195121971

Edition: 1999

Authors: Ronald G. Larson

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Complex fluids include polymers, colloids, emulsions, forms, gels, liquid crystals, surfacants, and other materials that form flowable microstructures. These substances are important in industries producing products such as plastic packaging, paint, ketchup, and toothpaste, and are of vital use to the petroleum, microelectronics, and pharmaceutical industries. This textbook provides both an introduction to these fascinating and important substances and an up-to-date synopsis of the latest advances in understanding the relationship between their structure and flow properties.
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Book details

List price: $249.99
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/26/1998
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 688
Size: 9.29" wide x 7.72" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 2.948
Language: English

Fundamentals
Introduction to Complex Fluids
Complex Fluids vs. Classical Solids and Liquids
Examples of Complex Fluids
Rheological Measurements and Properties
Kinematics and Stress
Flow, Slip, and Yield
Structural Probes of Complex Fluids
Computational Methods
The Stress Tensor
Summary
Basic Forces
Introduction
Excluded-Volume Interactions
Electrostatic Interactions
Hydrogen-Bodning, Hydrophobic, and Other Interactions
Summary
Polymers, Glassy Liquids, And Polymer Gels
Polymers
Introduction
Equilibrium Properties
Intrinsic Velocity and Overlap Concentration
Elementary Molecular Theories
Linear Viscoelasticity and Time-Temperature Superposition
The Rheology of Dilute Polymer Solutions
The Rheology of Entangled Polymers
Summary
Glassy Liquids
Introduction
Phenomenology of the Glass Transition
Free-Volume Theories
Entropy Theories
Nonlinear Relaxation and Aging
Mode-Coupling Theory and Colloidal Hard-Sphere Glasses
Simulations of Analog Models
Rheology of Glassy Liquids
Summary
Polymer Gels
Introduction
Gelation Theories
Rheology of Chemical Gels and Near-Gels
Rheology of Physical Gels
Summary
Suspensions
Particulate Suspensions
Introduction
Hard, and Slightly Deformable, Spheres
Nonspherical Particles
Electrically Charged Particles
Particles in Viscoelastic Liquids: ""Filled Melts""
Summary
Particulate Gels
Introduction
Particle Interactions in Suspensions
Rheology of Particulate Gels
Summary
Electro-and Magnetoresponsive Suspensions
Introduction
Electrorheological Fluids
Magnetorheological Fluids
Ferrofluids
Summary
Foams, Emulsions, and Blends
Introduction
Emulsion Preparation
Rheology of Emulsions and Immiscible Blends
Structure and Coarsening of Foams
Rheology of Foams
Summary
Liquid Crystals And Self-Assembling Fluids
Liquid Crystals
Introduction
Nematics
Cholesterics: Chiral Nematics
Smectics
Summary
Liquid-Crystalline Polymers
Introduction
Molecular Characteristics of Liquid-Crystalline Polymers
Flow Properties of Nematic LCPs
Molecular Dynamics of Polymeric Nematics
Moleuclar Theory for the Rheology of Polymeric Nematics
Summary
Surfactant Solutions
Introduction
Methods of Predicting Microstructures
Disordered Micellar Solutions
Surfactant Liquid Crystals
Summary
Block Copolymers
Introduction
Thermodynamics of Block Copolymers
Rheology and Shear-Aligning of Block Copolymers
Summary
Each chapter is followed by References
Chapters 1-3, 6-7, and 10 are followed by Problems and Worked Examples
Appendix:. Momentum-Balance Equations in the Absence of Inertia
Common Notation
Author Index
Subject Index