Physics of Amphiphilic Layers
Subtitle: Proceedings of the Workshop, Les Houches, France February 10-19, 1987
By: edited by Jacques Meunier, Dominique Langevin, Nino Boccara
Contributors: Langevin, Dominique; Boccara, Nino
Series: Springer Proceedings in Physics -- 21; Springer proceedings in physics -- 21.
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 399
ISBN-13: 9783642832048; 9783642832024
Subjects: Physical organic chemistry; Surfaces (Physics)
Description: Amphiphilic layers play essential roles in the behaviour of a great variety of disperse systems such as micelles, microemulsions and vesicles. They can also exist as isolated mono- or bilayers, or constitute extended liquid crystalline structures. Although the properties of these different systems may at first sight seem unrelated, theoretical interpretations of them depend on several common concepts. This was the reason for bringing together scientists working in this area for the International Winter School on the Physics of Amphiphilic Layers, which was held at Les Houches, 10-18 February, 1987. The topics treated in the proceedings volume are mono- and bilayers, interactive forces between layers (with special emphasis on steric forces), ordered structures (in particular swollen lamellar phases and defects), vesicles, micelles (including polymer-like systems), microemulsions (especially random bicontinuous structures) and porous media. The importance of thermal fluctuations in the amphiphilic layers is stressed. Recent results are presented and literature references allow readers not familiar with the subject to find any background information they require.
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Table of contents: title: Mono- and Bilayers; title: Surface Thermal Fluctuations; title: Ordered Phases; title: Vesicles; title: Micelles; title: Microemulsions; title: Porous Media; title: Index of Contributors.