Structure and Dynamics of Strongly Interacting Colloids and Supramolecular Aggregates in Solution

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxii

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2. Colloidal Liquids and Polymers

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2

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   2. Introduction to the Physics of Complex “Fluids”

      • P. Pincus

      Pages 3-21

   3. Some aspects of the Statistical Mechanics of concentrated colloidal suspensions

      • Thierry Biben, Jean-Pierre Hansen, Hartmut Löwen

      Pages 23-37

   4. The Structure and Dynamics of Strongly Interacting Charged Colloidal Liquids

      • Rudolf Klein

      Pages 39-96

   5. Disorder-to-Order Phase Transitions in Concentrated Colloidal Dispersions

      • H. N. W. Lekkerkerker

      Pages 97-109

   6. Polymer Dynamics

      • D. Richter

      Pages 111-144

   7. Video Microscopy of Charge-Stabilized Colloidal Suspensions

      • D. G. Grier, C. A. Murray

      Pages 145-174

   8. Structure and Thermodynamics of Charged Colloids

      • G. Senatore

      Pages 175-189

   9. A Study of Polymer-Colloid Interaction by Light Scattering

      • J. S. Huang, Penger Tong, B. Carvalho, L. Fetters

      Pages 191-204

   10. Kinetics of Phase Transitions in Two Dimensional Systems with Competing Interactions

       • Rashmi C. Desai, Celeste Sagui, K. R. Elder

       Pages 205-219

   11. Interpretation of Dynamical Properties of Polymeric Cluster Solutions

       • K. L. Ngai

       Pages 221-228

3. Microemulsions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 229-230

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   2. On the Difference between Weakly Structured Mixtures and Microemulsions

      • M. Kahlweit

      Pages 231-236

   3. Microemulsions: An Ensemble of Fluctuating Interfaces

      • S. A. Safran

      Pages 237-263

   4. Lattice Models of Amphiphilic Assembly

      • K. A. Dawson

      Pages 265-323

   5. Low Interfacial Tensions in Microemulsion Systems

      • D. Langevin

      Pages 325-349

   6. Fluid Membranes in the Water/NACL — AOT System: A Study Combining Small — Angle Neutron Scattering, Electron Microscopy and NMR Self — Diffusion

      • R. Strey, W. Jahn, M. Skouri, G. Porte, J. Marignan, U. Olsson

      Pages 351-363

   7. Shape and Size Fluctuation of Microemulsion Droplets

      • B. Farago

      Pages 365-373

   8. Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Critical Phenomena in Solutions of Supramolecular Aggregates : Micelles and Microemulsions

      • J. Rouch, P. Chabrat, P. Tartaglia

      Pages 375-390

During the last decade, various powerful experimental tools have been developed, such as small angle X-ray and neutron scattering, X-ray and neutron reflection from interfaces, neutron spin-echo spectroscopy and quasi-elastic multiple light scattering and large scale computer simulations. Due to the rapid progress brought about by these techniques, one witnesses a resurgence of interest in the physicochemical properties of colloids, surfactants and macromolecules in solution. Although these disciplines have a long history, they are at present rapidly transforming into a new, interdisciplinary research area generally known as complex liquids or soft condensed matter physics: names that reflect the considerable involvement of the chemical and condensed matter physicists. This book is based on lectures given at a NATO ASI held in the summer of 1991 and discusses these new developments, both in theory and experiment. It constitutes the most up-to-date and comprehensive summary of the entire field.

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• Department of Nuclear Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA

  Sow-Hsin Chen

• Corporate Research, Exxon Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, USA

  John S. Huang

• Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma la Sapienza, Rome, Italy

  Piero Tartaglia

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