000			01752 a2200205 4500
003			OSt
020			_a9780191503504
040			_cIIT Kanpur
041			_aeng
082			_a530.41 _bD684s
100			_aDoi, Masao
245			_aSoft matter physics [Subscription till Dec.2028] _cMasao Doi
260			_bOxford University Press _c2013 _aOxford
300			_axii, 271p
520			_aSoft matter (polymers, colloids, surfactants and liquid crystals) are an important class of materials in modern technology. They also form the basis of many future technologies, for example in medical and environmental applications. Soft matter shows complex behaviour between fluids and solids, and used to be a synonym of complex materials. Due to the developments of the past two decades, soft condensed matter can now be discussed on the same sound physical basis assolid condensed matter. The purpose of this book is to provide an overview of soft matter for undergraduate and graduate students in physics and materials science.The book provides an introduction to soft matter (what it is, and what are the characteristics of such materials), and also provides the reader with the physical basis for understanding and discussing such characteristics in more detail. Many basic concepts, which are required in advanced courses of condensed matter physics, such as coarse graining, scaling, phase separation, order-disorder transition, Brownian motion, and fluctuation-dissipation theorem, are explained in detail with variousforms of soft matter used as examples.
650			_aSoft condensed matter
650			_aOrder-disorder models
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