The structure and rheology of complex fluids /
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| Author / Creator: | Larson, Ronald G. |
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| Imprint: | New York : Oxford University Press, 1999. |
| Description: | xxi, 663 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Topics in chemical engineering Topics in chemical engineering (Oxford University Press) |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5018040 |
Table of Contents:
- Part I. Fundamentals
- 1. Introduction to Complex Fluids
- 1.1. Complex Fluids vs. Classical Solids and Liquids
- 1.2. Examples of Complex Fluids
- 1.3. Rheological Measurements and Properties
- 1.4. Kinematics and Stress
- 1.5. Flow, Slip, and Yield
- 1.6. Structural Probes of Complex Fluids
- 1.7. Computational Methods
- 1.8. The Stress Tensor
- 1.9. Summary
- 2. Basic Forces
- 2.1. Introduction
- 2.2. Excluded-Volume Interactions
- 2.3.
- 2.4. Electrostatic Interactions
- 2.5. Hydrogen-Bodning, Hydrophobic, and Other Interactions
- 2.6. Summary
- Part II. Polymers, Glassy Liquids, And Polymer Gels
- 3. Polymers
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Equilibrium Properties
- 3.3. Intrinsic Velocity and Overlap Concentration
- 3.4. Elementary Molecular Theories
- 3.5. Linear Viscoelasticity and Time-Temperature Superposition
- 3.6. The Rheology of Dilute Polymer Solutions
- 3.7. The Rheology of Entangled Polymers
- 3.8. Summary
- 4. Glassy Liquids
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Phenomenology of the Glass Transition
- 4.3. Free-Volume Theories
- 4.4. Entropy Theories
- 4.5. Nonlinear Relaxation and Aging
- 4.6. Mode-Coupling Theory and Colloidal Hard-Sphere Glasses
- 4.7. Simulations of Analog Models
- 4.8. Rheology of Glassy Liquids
- 4.9. Summary
- 5. Polymer Gels
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.2. Gelation Theories
- 5.3. Rheology of Chemical Gels and Near-Gels
- 5.4. Rheology of Physical Gels
- 5.5. Summary
- Part III. Suspensions
- 6. Particulate Suspensions
- 6.1. Introduction
- 6.2. Hard, and Slightly Deformable, Spheres
- 6.3. Nonspherical Particles
- 6.4. Electrically Charged Particles
- 6.5. Particles in Viscoelastic Liquids: ""Filled Melts""
- 6.6. Summary
- 7. Particulate Gels
- 7.1. Introduction
- 7.2. Particle Interactions in Suspensions
- 7.3. Rheology of Particulate Gels
- 7.4. Summary
- 8. Electro-and Magnetoresponsive Suspensions
- 8.1. Introduction
- 8.2. Electrorheological Fluids
- 8.3. Magnetorheological Fluids
- 8.4. Ferrofluids
- 8.5. Summary
- 9. Foams, Emulsions, and Blends
- 9.1. Introduction
- 9.2. Emulsion Preparation
- 9.3. Rheology of Emulsions and Immiscible Blends
- 9.4. Structure and Coarsening of Foams
- 9.5. Rheology of Foams
- 9.6. Summary
- Part IV. Liquid Crystals And Self-Assembling Fluids
- 10. Liquid Crystals
- 10.1. Introduction
- 10.2. Nematics
- 10.3. Cholesterics: Chiral Nematics
- 10.4. Smectics
- 10.5. Summary
- 11. Liquid-Crystalline Polymers
- 11.1. Introduction
- 11.2. Molecular Characteristics of Liquid-Crystalline Polymers
- 11.3. Flow Properties of Nematic LCPs
- 11.4. Molecular Dynamics of Polymeric Nematics
- 11.5. Moleuclar Theory for the Rheology of Polymeric Nematics
- 11.6. Summary
- 12. Surfactant Solutions
- 12.1. Introduction
- 12.2. Methods of Predicting Microstructures
- 12.3. Disordered Micellar Solutions
- 12.4. Surfactant Liquid Crystals
- 12.5. Summary
- 13. Block Copolymers
- 13.1. Introduction
- 13.2. Thermodynamics of Block Copolymers
- 13.3. Rheology and Shear-Aligning of Block Copolymers
- 13.4. Summary
- Each chapter is followed by References
- Chapters 1-3, 6-7, and 10 are followed by Problems and Worked Examples
- Appendix:. Momentum-Balance Equations in the Absence of Inertia
- Common Notation
- Author Index
- Subject Index
