Ferrofluids Magnetically Controllable Fluids and Their Applications /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Odenbach, Stefan (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2002.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2002.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 594
• Subjects: Fluids.; Fluid mechanics.; Amorphous substances.; Complex fluids.; Chemical engineering.; Fluid- and Aerodynamics.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.

Magnetic control of the properties and the flow of liquids is a challenging field for basic research and for applications. This book is meant to be both an introduction to and a state-of-the-art review on this topic. Written in the form of a set of lectures and tutorial reviews, the book addresses t...

Table of Contents:

• Synthesis and Characterization
• The Preparation of Magnetic Fluids
• Magnetic Spectroscopy as an Aide in Understanding Magnetic Fluids
• Magnetic and Crystalline Nanostructures in Ferrofluids as Probed by Small Angle Neutron Scattering
• Basic Theory
• Basic Equations for Magnetic Fluids with Internal Rotations
• Ferrohydrodynamics: Retrospective and Issues
• Ferrofluid Dynamics
• Heat and Mass Transfer Phenomena
• Rheological Properties
• Statistical Physics of Non-dilute Ferrofluids
• Magnetic Fluid as an Assembly of Flexible Chains
• Magnetoviscous Effects in Ferrofluids
• Magnetorheology: Fluids, Structures and Rheology
• Applications
• Targeted Tumor Therapy with "Magnetic Drug Targeting": Therapeutic Efficacy of Ferrofluid Bound Mitoxantrone.