Statistical Mechanics of Membranes and Surfaces (2nd Edition) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789812387721)

This invaluable book explores the delicate interplay between geometry and statistical mechanics in materials such as microemulsions, wetting and growth interfaces, bulk lyotropic liquid crystals, chalcogenide glasses and sheet polymers, using tools from the fields of polymer physics, differential geometry, field theory and critical phenomena. Several chapters have been updated relative to the classic 1989 edition. Moreover, there are now three entirely new chapters -- on effects of anisotropy and heterogeneity, on fixed connectivity membranes and on triangulated surface models of fluctuating membranes.

Author: David Nelson
ISBN-10: 9812387722
ISBN-13: 9789812387721
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Language: English
Published: 06/14/2004
Pages: 444
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.53lbs
Size: 9.68h x 6.58w x 0.92d