Self-Assembling Amphiphilic Systems, Volume 16 (Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 012220316X ISBN 13: 9780122203169

Publisher: Academic Press, 1994

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 principle 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.

The only unified presentation on self-assembling amphiphillic systems
Key ideas are emphasized throughout the book
Up-to-date contents includes work new to the field in 1994
Main chapters summarized for easy reference

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 012220316X
• ISBN 13: 9780122203169
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 181
• Editor: Gompper Gerhard, Schick M., Domb Cyril, Lebowitz Joel L.