The Structure and Rheology of Complex Fluids

PART I: FUNDAMENTALS 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 2: Basic Forces 2.1: Introduction 2.2: Excluded-Volume Interactions 2.3: 2.4: Electrostatic Interactions 2.5: Hydrogen-Bodning, Hydrophobic, and Other Interactions 2.6: Summary PART II: POLYMERS, GLASSY LIQUIDS, AND POLYMER GELS 3: Polymers 3.1: Introduction 3.2: Equilibrium Properties 3.3: Intrinsic Velocity 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 4: Glassy Liquids 4.1: Introduction 4.2: Phenomenology of the Glass Transition 4.3: Free-Volume Theories 4.4: Entropy Theories 4.5: Nonlinear Relaxation and Aging 4.6: Mode-Coupling Theory and Colloidal Hard-Sphere Glasses 4.7: Simulations of Analog Models 4.8: Rheology of Glassy Liquids 4.9: Summary 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 PART III: SUSPENSIONS 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 7: Particulate Gels 7.1: Introduction 7.2: Particle Interactions in Suspensions 7.3: Rheology of Particulate Gels 7.4: Summary 8: Electro-and Magnetoresponsive Suspensions 8.1: Introduction 8.2: Electrorheological Fluids 8.3: Magnetorheological Fluids 8.4: Ferrofluids 8.5: Summary 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 PART IV: LIQUID CRYSTALS AND SELF-ASSEMBLING FLUIDS 10: Liquid Crystals 10,1: Introduction 10.2: Nematics 10.3: Cholesterics: Chiral Nematics 10.4: Smectics 10.5: Summary 11: Liquid-Crystalline Polymers 11.1: Introduction 11.2: Molecular Characteristics of Liquid-Crystalline Polymers 11.3: Flow Properties of Nematic LCPs 11.4: Molecular Dynamics of Polymeric Nematics 11.5: Moleuclar Theory for the Rheology of Polymeric Nematics 11.6: Summary 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 13: Block Copolymers 13.1: Introduction 13.2: Thermodynamics of Block Copolymers 13.3: Rheology and Shear-Aligning of Block Copolymers 13.4: Summary Each chapter is followed by References Chapters 1-3, 6-7, and 10 are followed by Problems and Worked Examples Appendix:: Momentum-Balance Equations in the Absence of Inertia Common Notation Author Index Subject Index