Soft Matter Gradient Surfaces : Methods and Applications /

• Other Authors: Genzer, Jan (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2012]
• Subjects: Functionally gradient materials.; Surfaces (Technology); TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Material Science.; Engineering.; Civil engineering.; Electronic books.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 443 pages) : illustrations
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9781118166055; 1118166051; 9781118166086; 1118166086; 128340124X; 9781283401241
• DOI: 10.1002/9781118166086

"This volume provides the first complete, up-to-date summary of the progress in this field, showing readers how to harness the powerful properties of soft matter gradients in the design and development of modern functional materials. Contributed chapters from experts in diverse fields help bridge areas of materials science, chemistry, and biomaterials, covering fabrication techniques, gradients in self-assembled monolayers, polymer gradients, dynamic gradient structures, structure and assembly, mechanical properties, sensors, biomaterial applications, protein adsorption, and organization of cells on gradient surfaces. Readers will learn how to implement the techniques described in the book in their own work, while improving efficacy and lowering research and production costs. Soft Matter Gradient Surfaces is an invaluable resource for chemists, physicists, biologists, and engineers, and anyone who would like to take advantage of these unique soft matter building blocks."--