Many of the distinctive and useful phenomena of soft matter come from its interaction with interfaces. Examples are the peeling of a strip of adhesive tape, the coating of a surface, the curling of a fiber via capillary forces, or the collapse of a porous sponge. These interfacial phenomena are distinct from the intrinsic behavior of a soft material like a gel or a microemulsion. Yet many forms of interfacial phenomena can be understood via common principles valid for many forms of soft matter. Our goal in organizing this school was to give students a grasp of these common principles and their many ramifications and possibilities. The Les Houches Summer School comprised over fifty 90-minute lectures over four weeks. Four four-lecture courses by Howard Stone, Michael Cates, David Nelson and L. Mahadevan served as an anchor for the program. A number of shorter courses and seminars rounded out the school. This volume collects the lecture notes of the school.
| ISBN: | 9780198789352 |
| Publication date: | 20th July 2017 |
| Author: | Lyderic (Professor, Professor, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris) Bocquet |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 578 pages |
| Series: | Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School |
| Genres: |
Classical mechanics Soft matter physics |