This dissertation contributes to the understanding of fundamental issues in the highly interdisciplinary field of colloidal science. Beyond colloid science, the system also serves as a model for studying interactions in biological matter.
This work quantitatively investigated the scaling laws of the characteristic lengths of the structuring of colloidal dispersions and tested the generality of these laws, thereby explaining and resolving some long-standing contradictions in literature.
It revealed the effect of confinement on the structuring, independently of specific properties of the confining interfaces. In addition, it resolved the influence of roughness and charge of the confining interfaces on the structuring and as well providing a method to measure the effect of surface deformability on colloidal structuring.
By:
Yan Zeng Imprint: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K Country of Publication: Germany Edition: 2012 ed. Dimensions:
Height: 235mm,
Width: 155mm,
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 389g ISBN:9783642349904 ISBN 10: 3642349900 Series:Springer Theses Pages: 124 Publication Date:23 December 2012 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
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