Complex Fluids: Proceedings of the XII Sitges Conference Sitges, Barcelona, Spain, 1–5 June 1992

H. N. W. Lekkcrkerker, A. Stroobants (auth.), Luis Garrido (eds.)3540563962, 9783540563969, 0387563962

This set of survey talks presented to graduate students serves as a thorough exposition of the subject. The study of complex fluids (with internal structure) is important for theoretical purposes but also, and maybe even more so, for applied research. The reader will find papers on colloid mixtures, the structure of DNA mesophases, ferrofluids, chain dynamics, liquid crystals, computer simulations of macromolecules, fluidization, emulsions, relaxations and many other related topics.

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Table of contents :
The phase behaviour of colloid-polymer and colloid-colloid mixtures….Pages 1-13
Dynamics of crystallization in model hard sphere suspensions….Pages 15-32
Structure of dna mesophases….Pages 33-40
Charge structure in electrolytes and polyelectrolytes. Experimental evidence and interpretation….Pages 41-55
Ferrofluids. Hydrodynamical and statistical aspects….Pages 57-84
Ferrofluids : Magneto-optic effects in time dependent magnetic fields….Pages 85-97
Colloidal stability influence on rheology of magnetic fluids….Pages 99-112
NMR and dynamics in polymeric systems. Melts, gels and blends….Pages 113-128
Weakly charged polyelectrolytes solutions….Pages 129-135
Order through disorder: Entropy-driven phase transitions….Pages 137-148
Polydisperse complex fluids….Pages 149-176
Monte Carlo simulation of liquid n -alkanes….Pages 177-186
Transport in electrolytes using the mean spherical approximation: Electrical conductance and self-diffusion coefficient as a function of concentration in solutions….Pages 187-197
Computer simulation of macromolecules in solution: Modelling of solvent effects on ions in water….Pages 199-208
Orientational freezing within the effective liquid approach….Pages 209-219
Rheology of textured materials….Pages 221-242
Physical modelling using microparticles….Pages 243-267
Bridging in grafted layers : Statics and kinetics….Pages 269-279
Stress relaxation in diblock copolymers….Pages 281-293
A molecular theory for spatially inhomogeneous, concentrated solutions of rod-like liquid crystal polymers….Pages 295-301
Intermittency patterns of fluctuations in disaggregating systems….Pages 303-317
Void fraction dynamics in fluidization….Pages 319-326
Micelles and microemulsions….Pages 327-349
Froths and foams….Pages 351-359
Clustering and relaxation in oil-continuous microemulsions….Pages 361-369
Neutron scattering experiments on nonaqueous electrolyte solutions….Pages 371-380
Nematogenic fluids in shear flow: A laboratory for nonequilibrium physics….Pages 381-389
Dynamic structure factor of sponge phases….Pages 391-397
Liquid crystal formation in semiflexible polymer solutions: effects of chain stiffness, electrostatic interaction, and polydispersity….Pages 399-410