1st Edition
Statistical Thermodynamics Of Surfaces, Interfaces, And Membranes
By Samuel Safran
Copyright 2003
284 Pages
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CRC Press
284 Pages
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CRC Press
288 Pages
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CRC Press
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Understanding the structural and thermodynamic properties of surfaces, interfaces, and membranes is important for both fundamental and practical reasons. Important applications include coatings, dispersants, encapsulating agents, and biological materials. Soft materials, important in the development of new materials and the basis of many biological systems, cannot be designed using trial and error... Read more
* NOTE: Each Part begins with an Introduction, and ends with Problems and References. Mixtures and Interfaces * Complex Materials and Interfaces * Review of Classical Statistical Mechanics * Phase Separation in Binary Mixtures * Differential Geometry of Surfaces * Review of Hydrodynamics Interfacial Tension * Free Energy of Surfaces and Interfaces * Surface/Interfacial Tension Theory * Surface-Active Agents Fluctuations of Interfaces * Free Energy of a Fluctuating Interface * Thermal Fluctuations of Interfaces * Capillary Instabilities of Interfaces * Roughening Transition of Solid Surfaces Wetting of Interfaces * Equilibrium * Long-Range Interactions: Macroscopic Theory * Fluctuations of the Contact Line * Equilibrium: Microscopic Description * Dynamics of Wetting Interactions of Rigid Interfaces * Molecular Interactions * Van der Waals Interaction Energies * Continuum Theory of van der Waals Forces * Electrostatic Interactions * Solute-Induced Interactions Flexible Interfaces * Fluid Membranes and Surfactants * Curvature Elasticity of Fluid Membranes * Curvature Moduli * Fluctuations of Fluid Membranes * Interactions of Fluid Membranes Colloidal Dispersions * Dispersions of Interacting Particles * Colloid interactions: DLVO Theory * Long-Range Electrostatic Interactions * Steric Interactions: Polymer Adsorption * Structure of Colloidal Aggregates Self-Absorbing Interfaces * Micelles * Vesicles * Microemulsions * Spongelike and Bicontinuous Phases
Biography
Samuel Safran
