Towards Autonomous Soft Matter Systems Experiments on Membranes and Active Emulsions /

• Main Author: Thutupalli, Shashi (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Physics.; Physical chemistry.; Amorphous substances.; Complex fluids.; Membranes (Biology) > Mechanical properties.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Materials > Surfaces.; Thin films.; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.; Physical Chemistry.; Membranes.; Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.

This book focuses on the assembly, organization and resultant collective dynamics of soft matter systems maintained away from equilibrium  by an energy flux. Living matter is the ultimate example of such systems, which are comprised of different constituents on very different scales (ions, nucleic a...

Table of Contents:

• Membranes
• Microfluidic membrane networks
• Electrostatic interactions in membrane fusion
• Phase contrast X-ray imaging of lipid membranes
• Oscillating droplets: Chemical micro-oscillators
• Swimming droplets: Artificial squirmers
• Interacting droplets: Collective dynamics
• Conclusions and Outlook
• Appendices
• Materials and Methods
• Hydrodynamic flow fields with axial symmetry.