An Introduction to Dynamics of Colloids

A self-contained treatment of the fundamentals of several aspects of colloid physics, for graduate students and beginning researchers, providing the theoretical background necessary to understand recent literature in the field. Briefly reviews static properties relevant to theories on dynamics, and presents basic mathematical techniques, especially complex function theory and fundamental ideas from statistical mechanics. Chapters cover Brownian motion of noninteracting particles, light scattering, equations of motion, hydrodynamics, diffusion, sedimentation, critical phenomena, and phase separation kinetics. Includes exercises and worked examples. For chemists and physicists with knowledge of equilibrium thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.