Books in the Series In Soft Condensed Matter series

Polymer thin films is an area driven by their enormous technological potential and the intellectually challenging academic problems associated with them. This book contains a collection of review articles on the topics of polymer films written by leading experts in the field.

Shows how an electric field can be used to affect objects at the submicron scale, and how it controls the phase behavior of liquids and polymers. This book focuses on the basic underlying mechanisms. It also deals with some technological applications.