This book is intended to provide a cross-disciplinary study of physical properties of complex fluids, solids and interfaces as a function of mesoscopic structure. The text covers a variety of active research areas, ranging from fractal surfaces, glassy state relaxation and deformation, colloidal dynamics, and polymer composites. It is intended for resarchers and graduate students in condensed matter physics, polymer physics, material science and engineering.

Inhalt
1 Overview.- 1.1 Statistical Dynamics.- 1.2 Fluid Dispersions.- 1.3 Relaxation in Solids.- 1.4 Nanocomposites.- 1.5 Fractal Surfaces.- Appendix 1A Viscoelasticity.- 2 Brownian Motion.- 2.1 Markovian Process.- 2.2 Langevin Equation.- 2.3 Random Force Correlation.- 2.4 FokkerPlanck Equation.- 2.5 Memory Effect.- Appendix 2A The NavierStokes Equation.- Appendix 2B The Liouville Theorem.- 3 Dynamic Response.- 3.1 Linear Response Theory.- 3.2 Correlation Functions.- 3.3 Generalized Susceptibility.- 3.4 FluctuationDissipation Theorem.- 3.5 Non-Markovian and Nonlocal Relations.- 3.6 Relaxation Time.- 3.7 The Master Equation.- 4 Colloidal Dynamics.- 4.1 Stokesian Dynamics.- 4.2 Anistropic Viscosities.- 4.3 Lattice Model.- 4.4 Concentrated Dispersions.- 4.5 Percolation Transition.- 4.6 Memory Function.- 4.7 Dynamic Viscosities.- 4.8 Mesoscopic Dynamics.- 4.9 Shear Thinning.- 4.10 Colloid Growth Model.- 4.11 Polymer Gels.- Appendix 4A Fractals.- 5 Glassy-State Relaxation.- 5.1 Equilibrium State.- 5.2 Free-Volume Distribution.- 5.3 Fractal Dynamic Theory of Glasses.- 5.4 Relaxation Function and Time.- 5.5 Relaxation Spectum.- 5.6 Volume Relaxation and Recovery.- 5.7 PVT Equation of State.- 6 Glassy Polymers.- 6.1 Glass Transition.- 6.2 Physical Aging.- 6.3 Dynamic Viscoelastic Properties.- 6.4 Yield Behavior.- 6.5 Stress-Induced Glass Transition.- 6.6 Activation Volume Tensor.- 6.7 Nonlinear StressStrain Relationships.- 7 Polymer Composites.- 7.1 Anisotropic Elasticity.- 7.2 Elastic Constants.- 7.3 Thermal Expansion.- 7.4 Stress Concentration.- 7.5 Nonequilibrium Mechanical Properties.- 7.6 Compatible Polymer Blends.- 7.7 Molecular Composites.- 7.8 Nanocomposites.- Appendix 7A Eshelby's Tensor.- 8 Rough Surfaces and Interfaces.- 8.1 Fractal Surfaces.- 8.2 Noise andFluctuations.- 8.3 Fluctuations of Contact Line.- 8.4 Wetting and Adhesion.- 8.5 Critical Surface Tension.- 8 6 Dynamics of Wetting.- 8.7 Adhesional Friction.- 8.8 Deformational Friction.- 8.9 Diffuse Scattering.- 8.10 Surface Growth.- Appendix 8A Surface Forces.