Title Molecular Gels : Materials with Self-Assembled Fibrillar Networks Author(s) Weiss, Richard G;Terech, Pierre Publication Dordrecht, Springer Netherlands, 2006. Description XV, 978 p : online resource Abstract Note Molecular gels and fibrillar networks ??? a comprehensive guide to experiment and theory Molecular Gels: Materials with Self-Assembled Fibrillar Networks provides a comprehensive treatise on gelators, especially low molecular-mass gelators (LMOGs), and the properties of their gels. The structures and modes of formation of the self-assembled fibrillar networks (SAFINs) that immobilize the liquid components of the gels are discussed experimentally and theoretically. The spectroscopic, rheological, and structural features of the different classes of LMOGs are also presented. Many examples of the application of the principal analytical techniques for investigation of molecular gels (including SANS, SAXS, WAXS, UV-vis absorption, fluorescence and CD spectroscopies, scanning electron, transmission electron and optical microscopies, and molecular modeling) are presented didactically and in-depth, as are several of the theories of the stages of aggregation of individual LMOG molecules leading to SAFINs. Several actual and potential applications of molecular gels in disparate fields (from silicate replication of nanostructures to art conservation) are described. Special emphasis is placed on perspectives for future developments. This book is an invaluable resource for researchers and practitioners either already researching self-assembly and soft matter or new to the area. Those who will find the book useful include chemists, engineers, spectroscopists, physicists, biologists, theoreticians, and materials scientists. Richard G. Weiss is Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA. Pierre Terech is Research Director, CNRS ??? Atomic Energy Center ??? Grenoble University, Grenoble, France ISBN,Price 9781402036897 Keyword(s) 1. Amorphous substances 2. Complex fluids 3. CONDENSED MATTER 4. CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS 5. EBOOK 6. EBOOK - SPRINGER 7. NANOTECHNOLOGY 8. ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 9. Phase transitions (Statistical physics) 10. Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems 11. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 12. Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I05540     On Shelf