Soft Materials: Structure and Dynamics

by John R. Dutcher (Editor), Alejandro G. Marangoni (Editor)

Overview

Representing the wide breadth academic disciplines involved in this ever-expanding area of research, this reference provides a comprehensive overview of current scientific and technological advancements in soft materials analysis and application. Documenting new and emerging challenges in this burgeoning field, Soft Materials is a unique and outsta

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135535650
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	10/01/2004
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	424
File size:	17 MB
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About the Author

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

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 Fluid. Macroscopic Rheological Behavior of Dispersions of Soft Rubber-like Solid Particles. Computer Simulations of Mechanical Micromanipulation of Proteins. Structure-Function Relationships of Aspartic Proteinases. Computer Simulation of Soft Mesoscopic Systems Using Dissipative Particle Dynamics. Crystallization of Bulk Fats Under Shear. Foods at Subzero Temperatures. Biogenic Cellular Solids. Modeling of Formation and Rheology of Protein Particle Gels. Index.

Editorial Reviews

"…this book provides an interdisciplinary approach to the control and understanding of soft materials and is a unique and outstanding reference for the industrial scientist or materials engineer."

-Carbohydrate Polymers, 2006

"Overall, the book was successful in meeting its goal of cross-fertilization."

JOM, Sept. 2005

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