Observation, Prediction and Simulation of Phase Transitions in Complex Fluids
By: edited by Marc Baus, Luis F. Rull, Jean-Paul Ryckaert
Contributors: Rull, Luis F.; Ryckaert, Jean-Paul
Series: NATO ASI Series, Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences -- 460; NATO ASI Series, Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences -- 460
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Dordrecht
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 664
ISBN-13: 9789401040341; 9789401100656
Subjects: Polymers; Physics
Other titles: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Varenna, Italy, July 25--August 5, 1994
Description: Observation, Prediction and Simulation of Phase Transitions in Complex Fluids presents an overview of the phase transitions that occur in a variety of soft-matter systems: colloidal suspensions of spherical or rod-like particles and their mixtures, directed polymers and polymer blends, colloid--polymer mixtures, and liquid-forming mesogens. This modern and fascinating branch of condensed matter physics is presented from three complementary viewpoints. The first section, written by experimentalists, emphasises the observation of basic phenomena (by light scattering, for example). The second section, written by theoreticians, focuses on the necessary theoretical tools (density functional theory, path integrals, free energy expansions). The third section is devoted to the results of modern simulation techniques (Gibbs ensemble, free energy calculations, configurational bias Monte Carlo). The interplay between the disciplines is clearly illustrated. For all those interested in modern research in equilibrium statistical mechanics.
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