Microgel Suspensions: Fundamentals and Applications

Spis treści:
I. SYNTHESIS
Synthesis of Microgel Particles –
Linking Chemistry and Physics
Polymerization Kinetics of Microgel Particles
Functional Microgel Particles
II. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF MICROGEL PARTICLES
Swelling Thermodynamics
Internal Structure of Microgel Particles
III. PHASE BEHAVIOR AND DYNAMICS
Statistical Mechanics of Soft Particles
Packing Soft Objects
Crystallization of Microgel Particles
Weakly Attractive Microgel–based Colloidal Gels
Microgel Suspensions as Model Glass Formers –
The Role of Softness
Use of Microgel Particles as Models to Study Crystallization and Melting
IV. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
Flow, Slip and Rheology of Microgel Suspensions
Local and Macroscopic Mechanics of Hydrogel Suspensions
Rheology of Industrially Relevant Microgels
V. APPLICATIONS
Microgels for Lenses, Photonic Crystals and Sensors
Microgels for Drug Delivery
Microgels for Oil Recovery
Microgels for Cosmetics
The role of Microgels in Toothpaste

Nota biograficzna:
Alberto Fernandez–Nieves is Assistant Professor of Physics at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He received his B.S. and Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Granada (Spain) and came to the US to work with David Weitz as a Post–Doctoral Researcher in 2001. Before joining GeorgiaTech, he was Professor of Physics at the University of Almeria (Spain). He studies the physics of soft materials with a focus on the connection between microscopic order and macroscopic properties.
Hans Wyss is a Post–Doctoral Researcher at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, working in the group of David Weitz. He received his B.S. in Physics and his PhD in Materials Science from ETH Zurich (Switzerland). His research interests are focused on the structure, dynamics, and rheology of soft materials.
Johan Mattsson is an Assistant Professor of physics at Chalmers Uni versity of Technology in Göteborg, Sweden. He received his MSc in Eng. Physics from Lund University (Sweden) and his PhD in Materials Science from Chalmers. He worked as a postdoctoral researcher in David Weitz′s research group at Harvard University, 2003–2006. His research is directed towards soft matter in general, with a particular focus on structure and dynamics of disordered materials.
David Weitz is the Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and of Applied Physics at Harvard University. He received his B.S. in Physics from the University of Waterloo, and A.M. and Ph.D. in Physics from Harvard University. His research group studies the physics of soft condensed matter. Before coming to Harvard, David Weitz was a Professor of Physics at the University of Pennsylvania and a Physicist with Exxon Research and Engineering Co.