Organogels : thermodynamics, structure, solvent role, and properties /

Organogels : thermodynamics, structure, solvent role, and properties /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Guenet, Jean-Michel, author.
Imprint:	Switzerland : Springer, 2016.
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 122 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Language:	English
Series:	SpringerBriefs in materials, 2192-1091 SpringerBriefs in materials.
Subject:	Polymer colloids. Gelation. Gelation. Polymer colloids. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11255844

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ISBN:	9783319331782 3319331787 3319331760 9783319331768 9783319331768
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed May 19, 2016).
Summary:	This book provides a physics-oriented introduction to organogels with a comparison to polymer thermoreversible gels whenever relevant. The past decade has seen the development of a wide variety of newly-synthesized molecules that can spontaneously self-assemble or crystallize from their organic or aqueous solutions to produce fibrillar networks, namely organogels, with potential applications in organic electronics, light harvesting, bio-imaging, non-linear optics, and the like. This compact volume presents a detailed outlook of these novel molecular systems with special emphasis upon their thermodynamics, morphology, molecular structure, and rheology. The definition of these complex systems is also tackled, as well as the role of the solvent. The text features numerous temperature-phase diagrams for a variety of organogels as well as illustrations of their structures at the microscopic, mesoscopic and macroscopic level. A review of some potential applications is provided including hybrid functional materials with polymers and with carbon nanotubes. Throughout, discussions of theoretical developments and experimental advances are written at a level suitable for beginning graduate students through practicing researchers.
Other form:	Print version: Guenet, Jean-Michel. Organogels : Thermodynamics, Structure, Solvent Role, and Properties. Cham : Springer International Publishing, ©2016 9783319331768

Table of Contents:

Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: Gels: a definition
Chapter 2: Thermodynamic and kinetic aspects
Chapter 3: Molecular structure, Morphology
Chapter 4: Solvent role, current approaches
Chapter 5: Rheological aspects
Chapter 6: Hybrid gels
Chapter 7: Current and potential applications
General Summary
Index.