Complex Fluids: Proceedings Of The Xii Sitges Conference, Sitges, Barcelona, Spain, 1-5 June 1992 (lecture Notes In Physics)

This set of survey talks presented to graduate students serves as a thorough exposition of the subject. The study of complex fluids (with internal structure) is important for theoretical purposes but also, and maybe even more so, for applied research. The reader will find papers on colloid mixtures, the structure of DNA mesophases, ferrofluids, chain dynamics, liquid crystals, computer simulations of macromolecules, fluidization, emulsions, relaxations and many other related topics. A collection of survey papers, accessible to graduate students, giving an exposition of the research on complex fluids (with internal structure) which is important also for industrial applications. The reader wil find papers on colloid mixtures, ferrofluids and liquid crystals, among others.