Introduction to the Theory of Soft Matter From Ideal Gases to Liquid Crystals /

• Main Author: Selinger, Jonathan V. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: Soft and Biological Matter,
• Subjects: Physics.; Chemometrics.; Physical chemistry.; Amorphous substances.; Complex fluids.; Biomedical engineering.; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.; Physical Chemistry.; Biomedical Engineering.; Math. Applications in Chemistry.

This book presents the theory of soft matter to students at the advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate level. It provides a basic introduction to theoretical physics as applied to soft matter, explaining the concepts of symmetry, broken symmetry, and order parameters; phases and phase transiti...

Table of Contents:

• Toy Model
• Ising Model for Ferromagnetism
• Gases and Liquids
• Landau Theory
• First Mathematical Interlude: Variational Calculus
• Field Theory for Nonuniform Systems
• Dynamics of Phase Transitions
• Solids: Crystals and Glasses
• second Mathematical Interlude: Tensors
• Liquid Crystals.