Mesoscopic physics of complex materials
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Mesoscopic physics of complex materials
zbMATH Open document ID: 0962.74001
author: T. S. Chow
published in: Graduate Texts in Contemporary Physics
publication date: 2000-12-03T00:00:00Z
review text: This book is designed for graduate students and researchers in condensed matter physics, polymer physics, colloid and interface science, and materials science and engineering. The purpose is to introduce the readers into theoretical methods and concepts in the application of nonequilibrium statistical mechanics to complex materials (complex materials refer either to colloidal dispersions in liquid state or to polymers and composites in solid state). The book consists of eight chapters: 1. Overview (statistical dynamics; fluid dispersions; relaxation in solids; nanocomposites; fractal surfaces; viscoelasticity); 2. Brownian motion (Markovian process; Langevin equation; random force correlation; Fokker-Planck equation; memory effect; Navier-Stokes equation; Liouville theorem); 3. Dynamic response (linear response theory; correlation functions; generalized susceptibility; fluctuation-dissipation theorem; non-Markovian and nonlocal relations; relaxation time; master equation); 4. Colloidal dynamics (Stokesian dynamics; anisotropic viscosites; lattice model; concentraded dispersions; percolation transition; memory function; dynamic viscosities; mesoscopic dynamics; shear thinning; colloid growth model; polymer gels; fractals); 5. Glassy-state relaxation (equilibrium state; free-volume distribution; fractal dynamic theory of glasses; relaxation function and time; relaxation spectrum; volume relaxation and recovery; PVT equation of state); 6. Glassy polymers (glass transition; physical aging; dynamic viscoelastic properties; yield behaviour; stress-induced glass transition; activation volume tensor; nonlinear stress-strain relationships); 7. Polymer composites (anisotropic elasticity; elastic constants; thermal expansion; stress concentration; nonequilibrium mechanical properties; compatible polymer blends; molecular composites; nanocomposites; Eshelby's tensor); 8. Rough surfaces and interfaces (fractal surfaces; noise and fluctuation; fluctuations of contact line; wettin…
reviewed by: D. Ieşan
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 74-02
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 82-02
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 74A40
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 74A50
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 74E30
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 82D20
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 82D15
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 82D60
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 76A99
zbMATH DE Number: 1538690
zbMATH Keywords: statistical dynamics
zbMATH Keywords: Brownian motion
zbMATH Keywords: glassy-state relaxation
zbMATH Keywords: glassy polymers
zbMATH Keywords: polymer composites
zbMATH Keywords: anisotropic elasticity
zbMATH Keywords: fractal surfaces
zbMATH Keywords: condensed matter physics
zbMATH Keywords: polymer physics
zbMATH Keywords: interface science
zbMATH Keywords: materials science
zbMATH Keywords: colloidal dispersions
zbMATH Keywords: composites
zbMATH Keywords: elastic constants
zbMATH Keywords: stress concentration
zbMATH Keywords: molecular composites
zbMATH Keywords: nanocomposites
zbMATH Keywords: Eshelby's tensor
zbMATH Keywords: surface tension
zbMATH Keywords: friction
MaRDI profile type: Publication
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1538690