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The contributors to this volume study macroscopic flow properties
and molecular mobility in complex liquids with high internal
mobility and a highly anisotropic molecular shape. Particular
attention is paid to the wide variety of experimental approaches,
in theory as well as in computer simulation of these difficult but
very important problems. The contributions are of interest to
researchers in physics as well as in engineering and chemistry.
In the twenty years since their inception, modern dynamic
light-scattering techniques have become increasingly sophisticated,
and their applications have grown exceedingly diverse. Applications
of the techniques to problems in physics, chemistry, biology,
medicine, and fluid mechanics have prolifer ated. It is probably no
longer possible for one or two authors to write a monograph to
cover in depth the advances in scattering techniques and the main
areas in which they have made a major impact. This volume, which we
expect to be the first of aseries, presents reviews of selected
specialized areas by renowned experts. It makes no attempt to be
comprehensive; it emphasizes a body of related applications to
polymeric, biological, and colloidal systems, and to critical
phenomena. The well-known monographs on dynamic light scattering by
Berne and Pecora and by Chu were published almost ten years ago.
They provided comprehensive treatments of the general principles of
dynamic light scat tering and gave introductions to a wide variety
of applications, but natu rally they could not treat the new
applications and advances in older ones that have arisen in the
last decade. The new applications include studies of interacting
particles in solution (Chapter 4); scaling approaches to the
dynamics of polymers, including polymers in semidilute solution
(Chapter 5); the use of both Fabry-Perot interferometry and photon
correlation spectroscopy to study bulk polymers (Chapter 6);
studies of micelIes and microemulsions (Chapter 8); studies of
polymer gels (Chapter 9)."
This volume is based on lectures given at the NATO-Advanced Study
Institute on Structure and Dynamics of Polymer and Colloid Systems
held in Les Houches, France from September 14-24, 1999. The meeting
arose from a perceived need to bring together scientists studying
the polymer and colloid fields. Although these fields are
intertwined and share many techniques (e. g. , light, neutron and
x-ray scattering), it is remarkable how little the approaches and
concepts used by the one field penetrate the other. For instance,
the theory of spherical colloids is very highly developed and many
of the concepts developed for these systems can be extended to
those with non-spherical morphology, such as solutions of rigid rod
polymers. In addition, mixtures of polymers and colloids, both in
the bulk and at interfaces, are the basis for many industrial
products. Methods are now rapidly being developed for understanding
the structure and dynamics in polymer/colloid mixtures at the
molecular level, but the point of view of the colloid scientist is
often rather different from that of the polymer scientist. The
NATO-ASI brought together polymer and colloid scientists, including
many young researchers, who presented and discussed recent
developments in these fields and the possibilities for
cross-fertilization This volume contains articles on a wide variety
of topics at the research forefront of the polymer and colloid
fields by some of the world's foremost experts at a level
accessible to graduate students, post-docs and researchers.
This volume is based on lectures given at the NATO-Advanced Study
Institute on Structure and Dynamics of Polymer and Colloid Systems
held in Les Houches, France from September 14-24, 1999. The meeting
arose from a perceived need to bring together scientists studying
the polymer and colloid fields. Although these fields are
intertwined and share many techniques (e. g. , light, neutron and
x-ray scattering), it is remarkable how little the approaches and
concepts used by the one field penetrate the other. For instance,
the theory of spherical colloids is very highly developed and many
of the concepts developed for these systems can be extended to
those with non-spherical morphology, such as solutions of rigid rod
polymers. In addition, mixtures of polymers and colloids, both in
the bulk and at interfaces, are the basis for many industrial
products. Methods are now rapidly being developed for understanding
the structure and dynamics in polymer/colloid mixtures at the
molecular level, but the point of view of the colloid scientist is
often rather different from that of the polymer scientist. The
NATO-ASI brought together polymer and colloid scientists, including
many young researchers, who presented and discussed recent
developments in these fields and the possibilities for
cross-fertilization This volume contains articles on a wide variety
of topics at the research forefront of the polymer and colloid
fields by some of the world's foremost experts at a level
accessible to graduate students, post-docs and researchers.
In the twenty years since their inception, modern dynamic
light-scattering techniques have become increasingly sophisticated,
and their applications have grown exceedingly diverse. Applications
of the techniques to problems in physics, chemistry, biology,
medicine, and fluid mechanics have prolifer ated. It is probably no
longer possible for one or two authors to write a monograph to
cover in depth the advances in scattering techniques and the main
areas in which they have made a major impact. This volume, which we
expect to be the first of aseries, presents reviews of selected
specialized areas by renowned experts. It makes no attempt to be
comprehensive; it emphasizes a body of related applications to
polymeric, biological, and colloidal systems, and to critical
phenomena. The well-known monographs on dynamic light scattering by
Berne and Pecora and by Chu were published almost ten years ago.
They provided comprehensive treatments of the general principles of
dynamic light scat tering and gave introductions to a wide variety
of applications, but natu rally they could not treat the new
applications and advances in older ones that have arisen in the
last decade. The new applications include studies of interacting
particles in solution (Chapter 4); scaling approaches to the
dynamics of polymers, including polymers in semidilute solution
(Chapter 5); the use of both Fabry-Perot interferometry and photon
correlation spectroscopy to study bulk polymers (Chapter 6);
studies of micelIes and microemulsions (Chapter 8); studies of
polymer gels (Chapter 9)."
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