Soft Interfaces

The 1994 Dirac Memorial Lecture
Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-0-521-02035-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 127 Seiten, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 203 mm, Gewicht: 147 g

Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, one of the greatest physicists of the twentieth century, died in 1984. Dirac's college, St John's of Cambridge, generously endowed annual lectures to be held at Cambridge University in his memory. This volume contains a much expanded version of the 1994 Dirac Lecture by Nobel Laureate Pierre Gilles de Gennes. The book presents an impressionistic tour of the physics of soft interfaces. Full of insight and interesting asides, it not only provides an accessible introduction to this topic, but also lays down many markers and signposts for interesting new research possibilities. The text begins with a brief discussion of wetting and dewetting and then goes on to consider the dynamics of different types of interface before considering adhesion and polymer/polymer welding.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gennes, Pierre Gilles de

De Gennes, P. G.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Edwards, Sam

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik Festkörperphysik, Kondensierte Materie
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Physikalische Chemie Molekulare Chemische Nanostrukturen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Sir Sam Edwards; 1. Geography and explorations; 2. Mobile borders: the dynamics of wetting (or dewetting); 3. Decorated borders: slippage between a solid and a polymer melt; 4. Principles of adhesion; 5. Polymer/polymer welding; 6. Conclusions; Remarks; Appendix: Drag on a tethered chain moving in a polymer melt; Index.