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Table of Contents

PRELUDE

PART I FUNDAMENTALS

CHAPTER 1: Introduction to Complex Fluids

1.1 Complex Fluids Vs. Classical Solids and Liquids

1.2 Examples of Complex Fluids

1.3 Rheological Measurements and Properties

1.4 Kinematics and Stress

1.5 Flow, Slip, and Yield

1.6 Structural Probes of Complex Fluids

1.7 Computational Methods

1.8 The Stress Tensor

1.9 Summary

Chapter 1 Problems and Worked Examples

CHAPTER 2: Basic Forces

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Excluded-Volume Interactions

2.3 Van Der Waals Interactions

2.4 Electrostatic Interactions

2.5 Hydrogen-Bonding, Hydrophoblic, and Other Interactions

2.6 Summary

Chapter 2 Problems and Worked Examples

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PART II POLYMERS, GLASSY LIQUIDS, AND POLYMER GELS

CHAPTER 3: Polymers

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Equilibrium Properties

3.3 Intrinsic Viscosity and Overlap Concentration

3.4 Elementary Molecular Theories

3.5 Linear Viscoelasticity and Time-Temperature Superposition

3.6 The Rheology of Dilute Polymer Solutions

3.7 The Rheology of Entangled Polymers

3.8 Summary

Chapter 3 Problems and Worked Examples

CHAPTER 4: Glassy Liquids

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Phenomenology of the Glass Transition

4.3 Phenomenological Theories of the Glass Transition

4.4 Nonlinear Relaxation and Aging

4.5 Mode-Coupling Theory and Colloidal Hard-Sphere Glasses

4.6 Analog Models

4.7 Rheology of Glassy Liquids

4.7 Summary

CHAPTER 5: Polymer Gels

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Gelation Theories

5.3 Rheology of Chemical Gels and Near-Gels

5.4 Rheology of Physical Gels

5.5 Summary

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PART III SUSPENSIONS

CHAPTER 6: Particulate Suspensions

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Hard, and Slightly Deformable, Spheres

6.3 Nonspherical Particles

6.4 Electrically Charged Particles

6.5 Particles in Viscoelastic Liquids: 'Filled Melts'

6.6 Summary

Chapter 6 Problems and Worked Examples

CHAPTER 7: Particulate Gels

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Particle Interactions in Suspensions

7.3 Rheology of Particulate Gels

7.4 Summary

Chapter 7 Problems and Worked Examples

CHAPTER 8: Electro- and Magneto-responsive Suspensions

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Electrorheological Fluids

8.3 Magnetorheological Fluids

8.4 Ferrofluids

8.5 Summary

CHAPTER 9: Foams, Emulsions, and Blends

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Emulsion Preparation

9.3 Rheology of Emulsions and Immiscible Blends

9.4 Structure and Coarsening of Foams

9.5 Rheology of Foams

9.6 Summary

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PART IV LIQUID CRYSTALS AND SELF-ASSEMBLING FLUIDS

CHAPTER 10: Liquid Crystals

10.1 Introduction

10.2 Nematics

10.3 Cholesterics: Chiral Nematics

10.4 Smectics

10.5 Summary

Chapter 10 Problems and Worked Examples

CHAPTER 11: Liquid Crystalline Polymers

11.1 Introduction

11.2 Molecular Characteristics of Liquid Crystalline Polymers

11.3 Flow Properties of Nematic LCP's

11.4 Molecular Dynamics of Polymeric Nematics

11.5 Molecular Theory for the Rheology of Polymeric Nematics

CHAPTER 12: Surfactant Solutions

12.1 Introduction

12.2 Methods of Predicting Microstructures

12.3 Disordered Micellar Solutions

12.4 Surfactant Liquid Crystals

12.5 Summary

CHAPTER 13: Block Copolymers

13.1 Introduction

13.2 Thermodynamics of Block Copolymers

13.3 Rheology and Shear-Aligning of Block Copolymers

13.4 Summary

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