Phase transitions in complex fluids / editors, P. Toledano, A.M. Figueiredo Neto.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tolédano, Pierre.

Figueiredo Neto, A. M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Complex fluids.

Phase transformations (Statistical physics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (467 p.)

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; River Edge, NJ : World Scientific, c1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This important and timely book deals with the theoretical and experimental investigation of the phase transitions which occur in complex fluid systems, namely lyotropic systems, microemulsions, colloids, biological membranes, and ferrofluids. It contains 17-odd review papers from the major contributors to this rapidly growing field of research, summarizing the main results obtained in the description and understanding of the phase transitions taking place between the isotropic, nematic, cholesteric, lamellar, hexagonal, and cubic mesophases of complex fluids.

Contents:

FOREWORD; CONTENTS; CHAPTER I GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE STRUCTURES AND PHASE TRANSITIONS IN LYOTROPIC COMPLEX FLUIDS; PHASE TRANSITIONS IN LYOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; 1 Introduction; 2 Structures and sequences in phase diagrams; 2.1 Structure ordered along one dimension; 2.2 Structures ordered along two dimensions; 2.3 Structures ordered along three dimensions; 2. 4 Structures with orientational order; 2.5 Disordered structures; 2.6 Direct and inverted structures; 2.7. Typical sequences and phase transitions; 2.8 Comments; 3 Observations in the vicinity of phase transitions

3.1 Transition along the lamellar-bicontinuous cubic-hexagonal sequence3.2 Transitions along the lamellar-rectangular-hexagonal sequence; 3.3 Sequences involving nematic structures; 3.4 Other transitions and questions; 3.5 Comments; 4 Theoretical frame; 4.1 Geometrical basis of liquid crystalline structures and sequences; 4.2 Statistical thermodynamics of self-assembly; 5 Conclusion; References; PHASE TRANSITIONS IN LYOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; 1. Introduction; 2. Phase Diagrams; 2.1 Principle phases; 2.2 Subsidiary phases; 2.2.1 Nematic Phases; 2.2.2 Cubic Phase, I1, and I2

2.2.3 Cubic Phases, V1 and V22.2.4 Intermediate Phases; 2.2.5 Other isotropic phases; 2.3 Chromonic phases; 3. Experimental Identification of Phases and Phase Transitions; 3.1 Optical polarising microscopy; 3.2 2H NMR spectroscopy; 3.3 Other techniques; 4. Phase Transitions; 4.1 Types of phase transition; 4.2 Disorder-order transitions; 4.2.1 Examples; 4.2.2 Models for Disorder-Order Transitions; 4.3 Aggregate structural changes; 4.3.1 Examples; 4.3.2 Models of Interfacial Curvature; 5. Summary; References; LIGHT SCATTERING AND ELECTRIC BIREFRINGENCE EXPERIMENTS ON MICELLAR SOLUTIONS

1 Introduction2 Light Scattering; 2.1 Critical behaviour of Nonionic and Cationic Micellar Solutions; 2.2 Spinodal Decomposition; 2.3 Sponge Phase; 2.4 Block Copolymers; 2.5 Biological Micelles; 3 Electric Birefringence; 3.1 Nonionic Micellar Solutions; 3.2 Ionic and Reverse Micelles; 4 Conclusions; References; NMR STUDIES OF LYOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; 1 Introduction; 2 NMR Observables; 2.1 Lineshapes; 2.2 Relaxation Rates; 2.3 Diffusion Coefficients; 3 Canonical Phases; 3.1 Hexagonal Phases; 3.2 Rectangular Phases; 4 Lamellar Phases; 4.1 Structural Defects

4.2 Bending Rigidity and Bilayer Interactions5 Nematic Phases; 5.1 Micelle Size and Orientational Order; 5.2 Nematic Director Fluctuations; 6 Cubic Phases; 7 Related Studies; Acknowledgments; References; SYMMETRY ASPECTS OF RECONSTRUCTIVE PHASE TRANSITIONS IN LYOTROPIC COMPLEX FLUIDS; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 THE LAMELLAR-TETRAGONAL RECONSTRUCTIVE TRANSITION; 2.1 Symmetry aspects of the model; 2.2 The effective thermodynamic potential; 3 TRANSITIONS BETWEEN DIRECT AND REVERSED MESOPHASES: FLUID REVERSAL SYMMETRY; 3.1 Fluid Reversal Symmetry; 3.2 F - Non-invariant systems; 3.3 F-Invariant systems

4 LYOTROPIC COMPLEX-FLUIDS SYSTEMS WITH ORIENTED INTERFACES

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9789812816825

9812816828