Microgel suspensions : fundamentals and applications - Fernandez-Nieves, Alberto; Wiley InterScience (Online service) (Weinheim : Wiley-VCH, 2011)
Front Matter -- Synthesis. Microgels and Their Synthesis: An Introduction / Robert Pelton, Todd Hoare -- Polymerization Kinetics of Microgel Particles / Abdelhamid Elaissari, Ali Reza Mahdavian -- New Functional Microgels from Microfluidics / Jin-Woong Kim, Liang-Yin Chu -- Physical Properties of Microgel Particles. Swelling Thermodynamics of Microgel Particles / Benjamin Sierra-Martin, Juan Jose Lietor-Santos, Antonio Fernandez-Barbero, Toan T Nguyen, Alberto Fernandez-Nieves -- Determination of Microgel Structure by Small-Angle Neutron Scattering / Walter Richtering, Ingo Berndt, Jan Skov Pedersen -- Interactions and Colloid Stability of Microgel Particles / Brian Vincent, Brian Saunders -- Phase Behavior and Dynamics of Microgel Suspensions. Structure and Thermodynamics of Ionic Microgels / Christos N Likos -- Elasticity of Soft Particles and Colloids near the Jamming Threshold / Matthieu Wyart -- Crystallization of Microgel Spheres / Zhibing Hu -- Melting and Geometric Frustration in Temperature-Sensitive Colloids / Ahmed M Alsayed, Yilong Han, Arjun G Yodh -- Mechanical Properties. Yielding, Flow, and Slip in Microgel Suspensions: From Microstructure to Macroscopic Rheology / Michel Cloitre -- Mechanics of Single Microgel Particles / Hans M Wyss, Johan Mattsson, Thomas Franke, Alberto Fernandez-Nieves, David A Weitz -- Rheology of Industrially Relevant Microgels / Jason R Stokes -- Applications. Exploiting the Optical Properties of Microgels and Hydrogels as Microlenses and Photonic Crystals in Sensing Applications / L Andrew Lyon, Grant R Hendrickson, Zhiyong Meng, Ashlee N St John Iyer -- Microgels in Drug Delivery / Martin Malmsten -- Microgels for Oil Recovery / Yuxing Ben, Ian Robb, Peng Tonmukayakul, Qiang Wang -- Applications of Biopolymer Microgels / Eugene Pashkovski -- Index.
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Keywords: Colloids; Suspensions (Chemistry); Colloids; Suspensions (Chemistry); Electronic books