Ebook: Nanostructured Soft Matter: Experiment, Theory, Simulation and Perspectives
- Tags: Soft and Granular Matter Complex Fluids and Microfluidics, Nanotechnology, Polymer Sciences, Surfaces and Interfaces Thin Films, Theoretical Mathematical and Computational Physics, Physical Chemistry
- Series: NanoScience and Technology
- Year: 2007
- Publisher: Springer Netherlands
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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This book provides an interdisciplinary overview of a new and broad class of materials under the unifying name Nanostructured Soft Matter. It covers materials ranging from short amphiphilic molecules to block copolymers, proteins, colloids and their composites, microemulsions and bio-inspired systems such as vesicles. The book considers several fundamental questions, including: how self-assembly of various soft materials with internal structure at the nanoscale can be understood, controlled and in future used in the newly emerging field of soft nanotechnology. The book offers readers a view on the subject from different perspectives, combining modern experimental approaches from physical chemistry and physics with various theoretical techniques from physics, mathematics and the most advanced computer modelling. It is the first book of this sort in the field. All chapters are written by leading international experts, bringing together experience from Canada, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, the Netherlands, Russia, Singapore, Spain and the USA. The book is oriented towards active researchers as well as undergraduate and graduate students.
This book provides an interdisciplinary overview of a new and broad class of materials under the unifying name Nanostructured Soft Matter. It covers materials ranging from short amphiphilic molecules to block copolymers, proteins, colloids and their composites, microemulsions and bio-inspired systems such as vesicles. The book considers several fundamental questions, including: how self-assembly of various soft materials with internal structure at the nanoscale can be understood, controlled and in future used in the newly emerging field of soft nanotechnology. The book offers readers a view on the subject from different perspectives, combining modern experimental approaches from physical chemistry and physics with various theoretical techniques from physics, mathematics and the most advanced computer modelling. It is the first book of this sort in the field. All chapters are written by leading international experts, bringing together experience from Canada, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, the Netherlands, Russia, Singapore, Spain and the USA. The book is oriented towards active researchers as well as undergraduate and graduate students.
This book provides an interdisciplinary overview of a new and broad class of materials under the unifying name Nanostructured Soft Matter. It covers materials ranging from short amphiphilic molecules to block copolymers, proteins, colloids and their composites, microemulsions and bio-inspired systems such as vesicles. The book considers several fundamental questions, including: how self-assembly of various soft materials with internal structure at the nanoscale can be understood, controlled and in future used in the newly emerging field of soft nanotechnology. The book offers readers a view on the subject from different perspectives, combining modern experimental approaches from physical chemistry and physics with various theoretical techniques from physics, mathematics and the most advanced computer modelling. It is the first book of this sort in the field. All chapters are written by leading international experts, bringing together experience from Canada, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, the Netherlands, Russia, Singapore, Spain and the USA. The book is oriented towards active researchers as well as undergraduate and graduate students.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Microemulsion Templating....Pages 3-44
Nanofabrication of Block Copolymer Bulk and Thin Films: Microdomain Structures as Templates....Pages 45-97
Characterization of Surfactant Water Systems by X-Ray Scattering and 2H NMR....Pages 99-128
Polyelectrolyte Diblock Copolymer Micelles: Small Angle Scattering Estimates of the Charge Ordering in the Coronal Layer....Pages 129-158
Structure and Shear-Induced Order in Blends of a Diblock Copolymer with the Corresponding Homopolyme....Pages 159-170
Electric Field Alignment of Diblock Copolymer Thin Films....Pages 171-198
Control of Block Copolymer Microdomain Orientation from Solution using Electric Fields: Governing Parameters and Mechanisms....Pages 199-229
Structure and Dynamics of Cylinder Forming Block Copolymers in Thin Films....Pages 231-265
Mathematical Description of Nanostructures with Minkowski Functionals....Pages 269-299
Scaling Theory of Polyelectrolyte and Polyampholyte Micelles....Pages 301-326
The Latest Development of the Weak Segregation Theory of Microphase Separation In Block Copolymers....Pages 327-370
Coarse-Grained Modeling of Mesophase Dynamics in Block Copolymers....Pages 371-393
Effective Interactions in Soft Materials....Pages 395-433
Ab-initio Coarse-Graining of Entangled Polymer Systems....Pages 437-460
Computer Simulations of Nano-Scale Phenomena Based on the Dynamic Density Functional Theories: Applications of SUSHI in the OCTA System....Pages 461-493
Monte Carlo Simulations of Nano-Confined Block Copolymers....Pages 495-527
Understanding Vesicles and Bio-Inspired Systems with Dissipative Particle Dynamics....Pages 529-554
Theoretical Study of Nanostructured Biopolymers Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations: A Practical Introduction....Pages 555-585
Understanding Liquid/Colloids Composites with Mesoscopic Simulations....Pages 587-615
Back Matter....Pages 617-628
This book provides an interdisciplinary overview of a new and broad class of materials under the unifying name Nanostructured Soft Matter. It covers materials ranging from short amphiphilic molecules to block copolymers, proteins, colloids and their composites, microemulsions and bio-inspired systems such as vesicles. The book considers several fundamental questions, including: how self-assembly of various soft materials with internal structure at the nanoscale can be understood, controlled and in future used in the newly emerging field of soft nanotechnology. The book offers readers a view on the subject from different perspectives, combining modern experimental approaches from physical chemistry and physics with various theoretical techniques from physics, mathematics and the most advanced computer modelling. It is the first book of this sort in the field. All chapters are written by leading international experts, bringing together experience from Canada, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, the Netherlands, Russia, Singapore, Spain and the USA. The book is oriented towards active researchers as well as undergraduate and graduate students.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Microemulsion Templating....Pages 3-44
Nanofabrication of Block Copolymer Bulk and Thin Films: Microdomain Structures as Templates....Pages 45-97
Characterization of Surfactant Water Systems by X-Ray Scattering and 2H NMR....Pages 99-128
Polyelectrolyte Diblock Copolymer Micelles: Small Angle Scattering Estimates of the Charge Ordering in the Coronal Layer....Pages 129-158
Structure and Shear-Induced Order in Blends of a Diblock Copolymer with the Corresponding Homopolyme....Pages 159-170
Electric Field Alignment of Diblock Copolymer Thin Films....Pages 171-198
Control of Block Copolymer Microdomain Orientation from Solution using Electric Fields: Governing Parameters and Mechanisms....Pages 199-229
Structure and Dynamics of Cylinder Forming Block Copolymers in Thin Films....Pages 231-265
Mathematical Description of Nanostructures with Minkowski Functionals....Pages 269-299
Scaling Theory of Polyelectrolyte and Polyampholyte Micelles....Pages 301-326
The Latest Development of the Weak Segregation Theory of Microphase Separation In Block Copolymers....Pages 327-370
Coarse-Grained Modeling of Mesophase Dynamics in Block Copolymers....Pages 371-393
Effective Interactions in Soft Materials....Pages 395-433
Ab-initio Coarse-Graining of Entangled Polymer Systems....Pages 437-460
Computer Simulations of Nano-Scale Phenomena Based on the Dynamic Density Functional Theories: Applications of SUSHI in the OCTA System....Pages 461-493
Monte Carlo Simulations of Nano-Confined Block Copolymers....Pages 495-527
Understanding Vesicles and Bio-Inspired Systems with Dissipative Particle Dynamics....Pages 529-554
Theoretical Study of Nanostructured Biopolymers Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations: A Practical Introduction....Pages 555-585
Understanding Liquid/Colloids Composites with Mesoscopic Simulations....Pages 587-615
Back Matter....Pages 617-628
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