EAN: 9783319331768

SPRINGERBRIEFS IN MATERIALS ORGANOGELS - JEAN...

This book provides a physics-oriented introduction to organogels with a comparison to polymer
thermoreversible gels whenever relevant. The past decade has seen the development of a wide
variety of newly-synthesized molecules that can spontaneously self-assemble or crystallize from
their organic or aqueous solutions to produce fibrillar networks  namely organogels  with
potential applications in organic electronics  light harvesting  bio-imaging  non-linear optics
and the like. This compact volume presents a detailed outlook of these novel molecular systems
with special emphasis upon their thermodynamics  morphology  molecular structure  and rheology.
The definition of these complex systems is also tackled  as well as the role of the solvent.
The text features numerous temperature-phase diagrams for a variety of organogels as well as
illustrations of their structures at the microscopic  mesoscopic and macroscopic level. A
review of some potential applications is provided including hybrid functional materials with
polymers and with carbon nanotubes. Throughout  discussions of theoretical developments and
experimental advances are written at a level suitable for beginning graduate students through
practicing researchers.

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