Ordering and Phase Transitions in Charged Colloids

* Physical chemists will find this book comprehensive. Topical reviews on all aspects of colloidal ordering and related phase transitions will be covered. It provides a good blend of experimental and theoretical investigations.
* Useful to materials scientists and chemical engineers, the book includes a discussion of stability, important from the point of view of applications of colloidal crystals.
* Physicists will be interested in the book, because it highlights the controversy over effective interparticle interaction in charged colloids.Kolloide Suspensionen als Modell für Festkörper - mit ihrer Anwendung änderte sich entscheidend die Art und Weise, wie Phasenstrukturen und -übergänge in atomaren Systemen behandelt werden. Der jetzt vorgelegte erste Band der Reihe 'Complex Fluids and Fluid Microstructures' faßt die neusten Erkenntnisse über die Mikrostruktur geladener Kolloide sowie experimentelle und theoretische Arbeiten zur Teilchenwechselwirkung zusammen. Den Physikochemiker werden besonders die Abschnitte über Ordnungszustände in Kolloiden interessieren; Materialforscher und Ingenieure finden Ausführungen zur Stabilität der Systeme (von Interesse im Hinblick auf die Anwendung kolloider Kristalle); Physiker dürften insbesondere von der ausführlichen, kontroversen Diskussion der effektiven Teilchenwechselwirkung in geladenen Kolloiden profitieren. From the Contents:
Interaction, Ordering and Phase Transitions in Charged Colloids: An Introduction/
Video-Microscopic and X-Ray Scattering Studies of Colloidal Dispersions/
Direct Imaging of the Local Dynamics of Colloidal Phase Transitions/
Kinetics of Colloidal Crystallization/
Kossel-Line Analysis for Colloidal Crystal Growth/
Photothermal Stability of Colloidal Crystals/
Order-Disorder Transition in Charged Polydisperse Colloids/
Vapor-Liquid Condensation and Reentrant Transition in Charged Colloids/
Theory of Interactions in Charged Colloids/
Liquid-Solid Transition in Colloidal Suspensions with and without External Emodulations: Density Functional Theory/
Dynamics of Charged Colloidal Suspensions Across the Freezing and Glass Transition/
Determination of Interaction Forces in Colloids: Direct and Indirect Methods. Aus dem Inhalt:
Interaction, Ordering and Phase Transitions in Charged Colloids: An Introduction/
Video-Microscopic and X-Ray Scattering Studies of Colloidal Dispersions/
Direct Imaging of the Local Dynamics of Colloidal Phase Transitions/
Kinetics of Colloidal Crystallization/
Kossel-Line Analysis for Colloidal Crystal Growth/
Photothermal Stability of Colloidal Crystals/
Order-Disorder Transition in Charged Polydisperse Colloids/
Vapor-Liquid Condensation and Reentrant Transition in Charged Colloids/
Theory of Interactions in Charged Colloids/
Liquid-Solid Transition in Colloidal Suspensions with and without External Emodulations: Density Functional Theory/
Dynamics of Charged Colloidal Suspensions Across the Freezing and Glass Transition/
Determination of Interaction Forces in Colloids: Direct and Indirect Methods.

A. K. Arora, Oriental Consultants India Pvt. Ltd. (Subsidiary of Oriental Consultants Global, Japan) Jabalpur Engineering College, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India.

B. V. R. Tata, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, IGCAR, Department of Atomic Energy.