Technical Summary for 1993 Fall MRS Symposium O, 'Complex Fluids'
Abstract
The fall 1993 Symposium 'O', Complex Fluids, consisted of 24 invited talks, 60 contributed papers, and over 40 contributed posters, covering the static and dynamic properties of complex fluids in bulk and at interfaces. The subject matter of 'complex fluids' comprises a wide variety of materials outside conventional condensed matter physics, including colloidal suspensions, gels, polymer melts or solutions, and surfactant-containing phases. These diverse systems have in common a number of features, including: Self-assembly. Many complex fluids contain mesoscopic structures that assemble spontaneously from constituent molecules, which are often specially designed to result in a particular self-assembled structure. Amphiphilic or surfactant molecules, with polar and non-polar regions on the same molecule, aggregate into a huge variety of structures, including micelles, monolayers, and bilayers. Block copolymers, consisting of chemically dissimilar polymer chains covalently joined together, behave in analogous ways.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 19, 1994
- Accession Number
- ADA283722