Böcker i Series In Soft Condensed Matter-serien

Polymer thin films is an area driven by their enormous technological potential and the intellectually challenging academic problems associated with them. This book contains a collection of review articles on the topics of polymer films written by leading experts in the field.

Living organisms consist of soft matter. To achieve a better understanding of soft matter, three different approaches have to be integrated: experiment, theory and simulation. This book focuses on the third approach - but always in the context of the other two.

Shows how an electric field can be used to affect objects at the submicron scale, and how it controls the phase behavior of liquids and polymers. This book focuses on the basic underlying mechanisms. It also deals with some technological applications.

The term soft matter includes various aspects of polymers, liquid crystals, colloids, amphiphiles, glasses, granular and biological materials. This title collects review articles on the topics of non-equilibrium soft matter physics, including evaporation, non-equilibrium fluctuations, structural rheology, and active matter.

While liquid crystals are today widely known for their successful application in flat panel displays (LCDs), academic liquid crystal research is more and more targeting situations where these anisotropic fluids are put to completely different use, in varying contexts.