Molecular Forces and Self Assembly

ISBN-13: 9780521896009 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 362 str.

Barry Ninham; Pierandrea Lo Nostro

Opis

Describes new developments in the field, the predictive theory now evolving, and the practical ramifications for a range of applications.

Recenzje

'Molecular Forces and Self Assembly is anything but boring. The book's erudite and engaging presentation deftly weaves in the results of eminent scientists from Isaac Newton to Lars Onsager and sheds light on how disparate physical laws are glued together in contemporary theories. The authors even mix in some humor … Even experimentalists … have something to learn from the book's dissection of theory … Molecular Forces and Self Assembly is best taken as a missive from one generation of soft-matter scientists to the next that there is still much to be questioned and understood about complex fluids.' Physics Today

Spis treści

Part I. Molecular Forces: 1. Reasons for the enquiry; 2. Different approaches to, and different kinds of molecular forces; 3. Electrostatic forces in electrolytes in outline; 4. The balance of forces; 5. Quantum mechanical forces in condensed media; 6. The extension of the Lifshitz theory to include electrolytes and Hofmeister effects; 7. Specific ion effects; 8. Effects of dissolved gas and other solutes on hydrophobic interactions; Part II. Self Assembly: 9. Self assembly: overview; 10. Self assembly in theory and practice; 11. Bicontinuous phases and other structures: forces at work in biological systems; 12. Emulsions and microemulsions; 13. Forces at work: a miscellany of issues.