Table of Contents

A day in the life of a hard-sphere suspension (Wilson C K Poon). Light scattering and rheology of complex fluids far from equilibrium (David J Pine). Polymer physics: from basic concepts to modern developments (Alexei Khokhlov). Rheology of linear and branched polymers (Tom McLeish). Introduction to colloidal systems (Daan Frenkel). Computer simulations is soft matter science (Kurt Kremer). Equilibrium and flow properties of surfactants in solution (Didier Roux). Phase transitions in nonequilibrium systems (David Mukamel). Coarsening dynamics of nonequilibrium phase transitions (Alan J Bray). Supercooled liquids and glasses (Walter Kob). Aging in glassy systems: experiments, models and open questions (J-P Bouchard). Phase separation and aggregation in colloidal suspensions (Henk Lekkerkerker). Thermodynamics and hydrodynamics of hard spheres; the role of gravity (Paul Chaikin). Granular materials: static properties as seen through experiments (Sidney Nagel). Stress transmission in jammed and granular matter (Michael Cates). Participants' addresses. Index.

About the Author

Michael E. Cates

Reviews

"In the book are collected papers in which the main ideas of soft-matter and fragile-matter physics are elucidated, and eloquent examples of systems investigated experimentally, theoretically, and in computer simulations are described. The papers are written by distinguished experts … Overall, the book is a nice introduction to soft-matter and fragile-matter physics. The book is (as the School was) addressed first of all to newcomers to this fascinating field. But even experienced experts can find new results and ideas in this book. In addition, university lecturers can easily use the review papers to help them in their job because the papers are arranged in a nice didactic fashion."
-Oleksandr Bakai, High Temperatures-High Pressures

"… an excellent book."
-Rheology Bulletin