This textbook on soft matter is written by Masao Doi, a professor at the University of Tokyo. It provides a clear overview of soft matter, such as polymers, colloids, surfactants, and liquid crystals, and is intended for students and professionals in physics of matter and materials science. The book discusses the complex properties of soft condensed matter and their place within condensed matter.
Contents
The book introduces the physical characteristics of soft matter and explains the fundamental principles needed to understand and analyze these properties. Key concepts from condensed matter, such as coarse-grained modeling, scaling laws, phase separation, order–chaos transitions, Brownian motion, and the fluctuation–dissipation principle, are explained in detail with examples from various soft materials.
Product specifications
- Author: Masao Doi (Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo)
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication date: 2013-07-04
- Number of pages: 272
- ISBN: 9780199652952
- Theme: Soft matter physics
- BISAC: SCIENCE / Physics / Condensed Matter
About the author
Masao Doi studied applied physics at the University of Tokyo and received his PhD there in 1976. He has worked at various universities and specializes in the dynamics and rheology of soft matter, including polymers, liquid crystals, and colloids. His research focuses on theoretical models for understanding transport and structural properties in soft matter.