Light scattering has become a powerful and widely-used technique in colloidal and macromolecular science in the last decade. This comprehensive volume describes recent developments in light scattering and a wide spectrum of its applications. Both are traced by experts in the field. Topics include static light scattering as applied to simple liquids, polymer solutions, and multi-component polymer mixtures; the scattering theory of colloidal dispersions; scattering from rod-like polyelectrolytes; low angle light scattering; concentrated polymer systems; aggregation phenomena; polymer-polymer...

The application of selected scattering methods, in particular light and neutron scattering, to complex polymeric and colloidal systems is discussed. Progress in this area of condensed matter is charted and the book provides insight into the theory and practice of the techniques apploed to a number of diverse problems.