Soft matter physics
Subtitle: an introduction
By: Maurice Kleman, Oleg D. Lavrentovich ; foreword by J. Friedel.
Contributors: Lavrentovich, Oleg D.
Series: Partially ordered systems
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 637
Subjects: Soft condensed matter; Order-disorder models
Description: "This textbook for graduate students in physics or chemical physics begins with a discussion of chemical bonds, interactions between particles, and the resulting molecular arrangements. The concept of order parameter leads to a discussion of phase transitions, elasticity, and dynamics, followed by a review of fractals and growth phenomena. A significant portion of the book deals with defects of topological nature that accompany various types of order.

The book concludes with chapters on surface phenomena, stability of colloidal systems, and structural properties of polymers. The detailed exposition, the emphasis on physical principles, and the exercises at the end of each chapter will make this book a valuable introduction for graduate students and researchers to this rapidly growing field."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.