Soft condensed matter physics

被引:51
作者
Lubensky, TC
机构
[1] Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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D O I
10.1016/S0038-1098(96)00718-1
中图分类号
O469 [凝聚态物理学];
学科分类号
070205 ;
摘要
Soft condensed matter physics is the study of materials, such as fluids, liquid crystals, polymers, colloids and emulsions, that are ''soft'' to the touch. This article will review some properties, such as the dominance of entropy, that are unique to soft materials and some properties such as the interplay between broken-symmetry, dynamic mode structure and topological defects that are common to all condensed matter systems but which are most easily studied in soft systems. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.
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页码:187 / 197
页数:11
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