Introduction to Soft Matter

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Synthetic and Biological Self-Assembling Materials

By Ian W. Hamley

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Introduction to Soft Matter by Ian W. Hamley offers a comprehensive entry into the field of soft matter, exploring natural and synthetic polymers, colloids, surfactants, and liquid crystals. The book highlights diverse applications and features a new chapter on biological soft matter, along with updated content on polymer science. Each chapter includes problems to enhance understanding, making it a practical resource for students and professionals alike.
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Ideal for students, researchers, and industry professionals seeking a foundational yet thorough understanding of soft matter science.

Introduction to Soft Matter, Revised Edition: Synthetic and Biological Self-Assembling Materials provides an introduction to this exciting subject with chapters covering natural and synthetic polymers, colloids, surfactants, and liquid crystals highlighting the many and varied applications of these materials.

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Introduction to Soft Matter provides an introduction to this exciting and relatively new subject with chapters covering natural and synthetic polymers, colloids, surfactants, and liquid crystals. The book highlights the many and varied applications of these materials.

Written by an expert in the field, this book is an essential reference for people working in both industry and academia. It aids in the understanding of this increasingly popular topic.

Key Features:

Contains a new chapter on biological soft matter.
Newly edited and updated chapters, including updated coverage of recent aspects of polymer science.
Contains problems at the end of each chapter to facilitate understanding.

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Praised as an "extremely valuable textbook for undergraduate classes," this book also serves as an excellent introductory read for researchers entering the field, according to Macromol. Chem. Phys.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780470516102

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 September 2007

Country: United States

Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Edition: Revised Edition

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 230.0mm

Weight: 482g

Pages: 352

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About the Author

Ian Hamley is the Diamond Professor of Physical Chemistry at Reading University (UK). He was educated at Reading University gaining a BSc in Chemical Physics and he received his PhD at the University of Southampton in 1991. He has published many scientific papers in leading journals and his research interests include 'polymer nanotechnology, self assembly, soft materials and soft matter'. Professor Hamley has (co)written four books for Wiley (Block Copolymers in Solution, Nanoscale Science and Technology, Developments in Block Copolymer Science and Technology, and Introduction to Soft Matter) and one for OUP entitled The Physics of Block Copolymers.