Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena: v.16 - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 012220316X ISBN 13: 9780122203169

Publisher: Academic Press Inc, 1997

Synopsis

Although amphiphilic systems have attracted the interest of chemists and physicists for a long time, it is only recently that they have been studied experimentally in a systematic way. At the same time, the theoretical description of these systems has made considerable progress. This book describes that progress by focusing on three principal approaches to self-assembling amphiphilic systems: microscopic models; intermediate-length scale Ginzburg-Landau models; and large-length scale interfacial, or membrane-models. The motivating ideas behind these approaches and their advantages and disadvantages are discussed. Whenever possible, contact is made with experiment and the book begins with a summary of relevant experimental results.

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press Inc
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 012220316X
• ISBN 13: 9780122203169
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208
• Editor: Schick Martin J., Gompper Gerhard, Domb Cyril, Green Melville Saul