Soft Materials : Structure and Dynamics

by Dutcher, John R.; Marangoni, Alejandro G.

• ISBN13: 9780203027004
• ISBN10: 0203027000
• Copyright: 2004-10-01
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

This detailed reference offers a comprehensive overview of the science and technology of soft materials, including synthetic polymers, complex fluids, and biological and food materials. The authors take an interdisciplinary approach and utilize an abundance of experimental and computational techniques to illustrate the relationship between the structure, dynamics, and function of soft materials. Divided into four sections on synthetic polymers, complex fluids, biomaterials, and food materials, the book supplies more than 1000 references, tables, and equations and offers an excellent introduction to the study of soft material physics and utilization.

Table of Contents

Mobility on Different Length Scales in Thin Polymer Films

Crystallization of Thin Polymer Films: Crystallinity, Kinetics, and Morphology

Deformation, Stretching, and Relaxation of Single-Polymer Chains: Fundamentals and Examples

Science and Engineering of Nanoparticle-Polymer Composites: Insights from Computer Simulation

Polymeric Additives as Modifiers of Hydrocarbon Crystallization Behavior

Confinement and Shear Effects on the Structure of a Smectic Liquid-Crystal Complex

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