Introduction to Soft Matter Synthetic and Biological Self-Assembling Materials

Name: Introduction to Soft Matter Synthetic and Biological Self-Assembling Materials
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ISBN: 9780470516102

ISBN-10: 0470516100

ISBN-13: 9780470516102

Edition: 2007

Authors: Ian W. Hamley

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This title provides an introduction to this exciting and relatively new subject with chapters covering natural and synthetic polymers, colloids, surfactants and liquid crystals highlighting the many and varied applications of these materials.

Book details

List price: $75.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/15/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.02" wide x 9.04" long x 0.77" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Preface to the Revised Edition


Preface to the First Edition



Introduction



Introduction



Intermolecular Interactions



Structural Organization



Dynamics



Phase Transitions



Order Parameters



Scaling Laws



Polydispersity



Experimental Techniques for Investigating Soft Matter



Computer Simulation


Further Reading



Polymers



Introduction



Synthesis



Polymer Chain Conformation



Characterization



Polymer Solutions



Amorphous Polymers



Crystalline Polymers



Plastics



Rubber



Fibres



Polymer Blends and Block Copolymers



Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers



Polyelectrolytes



Electronic and Opto-electronic Polymers


Further Reading


Questions



Colloids



Introduction



Types of Colloids



Forces between Colloidal Particles



Characterization of Colloids



Charge Stabilization



Steric Stabilization



Effect of Polymers on Colloid Stability



Kinetic Properties



Sols



Gels



Clays



Foams



Emulsions



Food Colloids



Concentrated Colloidal Dispersions


Further Reading


Questions



Amphiphiles



Introduction



Types of Amphiphile



Surface Activity



Surfactant Monolayers and Langmuir-Blodgett Films



Adsorption at Solid Interfaces



Micellization and the Critical Micelle Concentration



Detergency



Solubilization in Micelles



Interfacial Curvature and Its Relationship to Molecular Structure



Liquid Crystal Phases at High Concentrations



Membranes



Templated Structures


Further Reading


Questions



Liquid Crystals



Introduction



Types of Liquid Crystals



Characteristics of Liquid Crystal Phases



Identification of Liquid Crystal Phases



Orientational Order



Elastic Properties



Phase Transitions in Liquid Crystals



Applications of Liquid Crystals


Further Reading


Questions



Biological Soft Matter



Introduction



Lipid Membranes



DNA



Proteins



PolysacchLirides and Glycoproteins



Macromolecular Assemblies


Further Reading


Questions


Numerical Solutions to Questions


Index