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Title: Soft Matter: A Very Short Introduction
Author: MCLEISH TOM
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 22/10/2020
Imprint: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Price: $21.95
Publishing status: Active
Soft Matter science is concerned with soft materials such as polymers, colloids, liquid crystals, and foams, and has emerged as a rich interdisciplinary field over the last 30 years. Drawing on physics, chemistry, mathematics and engineering, soft matter links fundamental scientific ideas to everyday phenomena. One such example is ‘polymers’, encountered in plastic materials and melted cheese, which illustrate how ‘sliminess’ emerges from the flow and form of giant
molecules.This Very Short Introduction delves into the field of soft matter, looking beneath the appearances of matter into its inner structure. Tom McLeish shows how Brownian
Motion – the random local motion of molecules that gives rise to ‘heat’ – is an underlying principle of soft matter. From hair conditioner to honey, he discusses how the shared physical properties and characteristics of these materials influence the way they behave, and their industrial applications.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books
are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Series: Very Short Introductions
ISBN: 9780198807131
Weight: 136g
Dimension: 175mm X 121mm
Pages: 176