TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fernandez-Nieves,Alberto
AU  - Puertas,Antonio Manuel
TI  - Fluids, Colloids and Soft Materials: An Introduction to Soft Matter Physics
T2  - Wiley Series on Surface and Interfacial Chemistry Series
SN  - 9781119220534
AV  - QC173.458.S62 -- .F59 2016eb 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Newark
PB  - John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
KW  - Soft condensed matter
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- Section I: Fluid Flows -- Chapter 1: Drop Generation in Controlled Fluid Flows -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Coflow -- 1.3 Flow Focusing -- 1.4 Summary and Outlook -- References -- Chapter 2: Electric Field Effects -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Mathematical Formulation and Estimates -- 2.3 Applications and Extensions -- 2.4 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3: Fluid Flows for Engineering Complex Materials -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Single Fluid Micro- or Nanoparticles -- 3.3 Steady-state Complex Capillary Flows for Particles with Complex Structure -- 3.4 Summary -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Section II: Colloids in External Fields -- Chapter 4: Fluctuations in Particle Sedimentation -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Mean Sedimentation Rate -- 4.3 Velocity Fluctuations -- 4.4 Summary -- References -- Chapter 5: Particles in Electric Fields -- 5.1 Electrostatics in Electrolytes -- 5.2 The Poisson-Nernst-Planck-Stokes Equations -- 5.3 Electro-Osmotic Flows -- 5.4 Electrophoresis -- 5.5 Nonlinear Electrokinetic Effects -- 5.6 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 6: Colloidal Dispersions in Shear Flow -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Basic Concepts of Rheology -- 6.3 Effect of Shear Flow on Crystallization of Colloidal Spheres -- 6.4 Effect of Shear Flow on Gas-Liquid Phase Separating Colloidal Spheres -- 6.5 Effect of Shear Flow on the Isotropic-Nematic Phase Transition of Colloidal Rods -- 6.6 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 7: Colloidal Interactions with Optical Fields: Optical Tweezers -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Theory -- 7.3 Experimental Systems -- 7.4 Applications -- 7.5 Conclusions -- References -- Section III: Experimental Techniques -- Chapter 8: Scattering Techniques -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Light and Other Scattering Techniques; 8.3 Static Light Scattering -- 8.4 Dynamic Light Scattering -- 8.5 Imaging and Scattering -- References -- Chapter 9: Rheology of Soft Materials -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Deformation and Flow: Basic Concepts -- 9.3 Stress Relaxation Test: Time-Dependent Response -- 9.4 Oscillatory Rheology: Frequency-Dependent Response -- 9.5 Steady Shear Rheology -- 9.6 Nonlinear Rheology -- 9.7 Examples of Typical Rheological Behavior for Different Soft Materials -- 9.8 Rheometers -- 9.9 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 10: Optical Microscopy of Soft Matter Systems -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Basics of Optical Microscopy -- 10.3 Bright Field and Dark Field Microscopy -- 10.4 Polarizing Microscopy -- 10.5 Differential Interference Contrast and Phase Contrast Microscopies -- 10.6 Fluorescence Microscopy -- 10.7 Fluorescence Confocal Microscopy -- 10.8 Fluorescence Confocal Polarizing Microscopy -- 10.9 Nonlinear Optical Microscopy -- 10.10 Three-Dimensional Localization Using Engineered Point Spread Functions -- 10.11 Integrating Three-Dimensional Imaging Systems with Optical Tweezers -- 10.12 Outlook and Perspectives -- References -- Section IV: Colloidal Phases -- Chapter 11: Colloidal Fluids -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Quasi-Two-Dimensional Colloidal Fluids -- 11.3 Static Structure -- 11.4 Model Pair Potential -- 11.5 The Ornstein-Zernike Equation -- 11.6 Static Structure Factor -- 11.7 Self-Diffusion -- 11.8 Dynamic Structure -- 11.9 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 12: Colloidal Crystallization -- 12.1 Crystallization and Close Packing -- 12.2 Crystallization of Hard Spheres -- 12.3 Crystallization of Charged Spheres -- 12.4 Crystallization of Microgel Particles -- 12.5 Conclusions and New Directions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 13: The Glass Transition -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Basics of Glass Formation; 13.3 Structure of Molecular or Colloidal Glass-Forming Systems -- 13.4 Dynamics of Glass-Forming Molecular Systems -- 13.5 Dynamics of Glass-Forming Colloidal Systems -- 13.6 Further Comparisons Between Molecular and Colloidal Glass Formation -- 13.7 Theoretical Approaches to Understand Glass Formation -- 13.8 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 14: Colloidal Gelation -- 14.1 Introduction: What Is a Gel? -- 14.2 Colloid Interactions: Two Important Cases -- 14.3 Routes to Gelation -- 14.4 Elasticity of Colloidal Gels -- 14.5 Conclusions -- References -- Section V: Other Soft Materials -- Chapter 15: Emulsions -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Processing and Purification -- 15.3 Emulsion Science -- 15.4 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 16: An Introduction to the Physics of Liquid Crystals -- 16.1 Overview of This Chapter -- 16.2 Liquid Crystal Classes and Phases -- 16.3 The Anisotropic Physical Properties of Liquid Crystals -- 16.4 Deformations and Singularities in The Director Field -- 16.5 The Special Physical Properties of Chiral Liquid Crystals -- 16.6 Some Examples From Present-Day Liquid Crystal Research -- References -- Chapter 17: Entangled Granular Media -- 17.1 Granular Materials -- 17.2 Experiment -- 17.3 Simulation -- 17.4 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 18: Foams -- 18.1 Introduction -- 18.2 Equilibrium Structures -- 18.3 Aging -- 18.4 Rheology -- References -- Section VI: Ordered Materials in Curved Spaces -- Chapter 19: Crystals and Liquid Crystals Confined to Curved Geometries -- 19.1 Introduction -- 19.2 Crystalline Solids and Liquid Crystals -- 19.3 Differential Geometry of Surfaces -- 19.4 Elasticity on Curved Surfaces and in Confined Geometries -- 19.5 Topological Defects -- 19.6 Interaction Between Curvature and Defects -- 19.7 Nematics in Spherical Geometries -- 19.8 Toroidal Nematics; 19.9 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 20: Nematics On Curved Surfaces - Computer Simulations of Nematic Shells -- 20.1 Introduction -- 20.2 Theory -- 20.3 Experiments on Spherical Shells -- 20.4 Computer Simulations - Practicalities -- 20.5 Computer Simulations of Nematic Shells -- 20.6 Conclusions -- References -- Index -- End User License Agreement
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