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Soft condensed matter /
Many materials are neither simple liquids nor crystalline solids of the type studied in other branches of solid state physics, and instead are conveniently classified as 'soft condensed matter'. Examples include glues, paints, soaps, polymer melts and most materials of biological origin. T...
| Clasificación: | QC173.458 S6.2 J6.63 |
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2002.
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| Colección: | Oxford master series in condensed matter physics ;
6 |
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| Sumario: | Many materials are neither simple liquids nor crystalline solids of the type studied in other branches of solid state physics, and instead are conveniently classified as 'soft condensed matter'. Examples include glues, paints, soaps, polymer melts and most materials of biological origin. This book offers a coherent and clear introduction to the properties and behaviour of soft matter. It begins with a treatment of the general underlying principles: the relation of the structure and dynamics of solids and liquids to intermolecular forces, the thermodynamics and kinetics of phase transitions, and the principles of self-assembly. Then the specific properties of colloids, polymers, liquid crystals and self-assembling amphiphilic systems are treated within this framework. A concluding chapter illustrates how principles of soft matter physics can be used to understand properties of biological systems. The focus on the essentials and the straightforward approach make the book suitable for students with either a theoretical or an experimental bias. The level is appropriate for final year undergraduates and beginning graduate students in physics, chemistry, materials science, and chemical engineering. |
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| Notas: | Reimpresiones : (2009) -- (2011) -- (2013) -- (2014). |
| Descripción Física: | x, 195 páginas : ilustraciones ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas : (páginas [189]-191) e índice. |
| ISBN: | 0198505906 9780198505907 0198505892 9780198505891 |