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With Application of Nonlinear Systems in Nanomechanics and Nanofluids the reader gains a deep and practice-oriented understanding of nonlinear systems within areas of nanotechnology application as well as the necessary knowledge enabling the handling of such systems. The book helps readers understand relevant methods and techniques for solving nonlinear problems, and is an invaluable reference for researchers, professionals and PhD students interested in research areas and industries where nanofluidics and dynamic nano-mechanical systems are studied or applied. The book is useful in areas such as nanoelectronics and bionanotechnology, and the underlying framework can also be applied to other problems in various fields of engineering and applied sciences.

Nanofluids. --- Nonlinear systems. --- Systems, Nonlinear --- System theory --- Nano fluids --- Nanoparticle colloidal solutions --- Colloids --- Fluids --- Microfluidics

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This brief offers a concise presentation of granular fluids from the  point of view of non-equilibrium statistical physics. The emphasis is on fluctuations, which can be large in granular fluids due to the small system size (the number of grains is many orders of magnitude smaller than in molecular fluids). Firstly, readers will be introduced to the most intriguing experiments on fluidized granular fluids. Then granular fluid theory, which goes through increasing levels of coarse-graining and emerging collective phenomena, is described. Problems and questions are initially posed at the level of kinetic theory, which describes particle densities in full or reduced phase-space. Some answers become clear through hydrodynamics, which describes the evolution of slowly evolving fields. Granular fluctuating hydrodynamics, which builds a bridge to the most recent results in non-equilibrium statistical mechanics, is also introduced. Further and more interesting answers come when the dynamics of a massive intruder are discussed. Such non-equilibrium stochastic process offers a more precise and compact picture of the features foreseen at the more detailed levels of description. The dynamics of an intruder diffusing in a granular fluid reveal the clearest connection with recent theories on stochastic energetics and stochastic thermodynamics.

Amorphous substances. --- Complex fluids. --- Statistical physics. --- Dynamical systems. --- Physics. --- Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics. --- Complex Systems. --- Mathematical Methods in Physics. --- Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems.

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This book summarizes the latest knowledge in the science and technology of ionic liquids and polymers in different areas. Ionic liquids (IL) are actively being investigated in polymer science and technology for a number of different applications. In the first part of the book the authors present the particular properties of ionic liquids as speciality solvents. The state-of-the art in the use of ionic liquids in polymer synthesis and modification reactions including polymer recycling is outlined. The second part focuses on the use of ionic liquids as speciality additives such as plasticizers or antistatic agents.  The third part examines the use of ionic liquids in the design of functional polymers (usually called polymeric ionic liquids (PIL) or poly(ionic liquids)). Many important applications in diverse scientific and industrial areas rely on these polymers, like polymer electrolytes in electrochemical devices, building blocks in materials science, nanocomposites, gas membranes, innovative anion sensitive materials, smart surfaces,  and a countless set range of emerging applications in different fields such as energy, optoelectronics, analytical chemistry, biotechnology, nanomedicine or catalysis.

Physics. --- Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics. --- Polymer Sciences. --- Polymers. --- Physique --- Polymères --- Physics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Atomic Physics --- Ionic solutions. --- Polymerization. --- Polymerisation --- Polymers --- Polymers and polymerization --- Synthesis of polymers --- Polymere --- Polymeride --- Solutions, Ionic --- Synthesis --- Amorphous substances. --- Complex fluids. --- Macromolecules --- Chemical reactions --- Ions --- Solution (Chemistry) --- Polymers  . --- Complex liquids --- Fluids, Complex --- Amorphous substances --- Liquids --- Soft condensed matter

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This book serves as an introduction to the continuum mechanics and mathematical modeling of complex fluids in living systems. The form and function of living systems are intimately tied to the nature of surrounding fluid environments, which commonly exhibit nonlinear and history dependent responses to forces and displacements. With ever-increasing capabilities in the visualization and manipulation of biological systems, research on the fundamental phenomena, models, measurements, and analysis of complex fluids has taken a number of exciting directions. In this book, many of the world’s foremost experts explore key topics such as: Macro- and micro-rheological techniques for measuring the material properties of complex biofluids and the subtleties of data interpretation Experimental observations and rheology of complex biological materials, including mucus, cell membranes, the cytoskeleton, and blood The motility of microorganisms in complex fluids and the dynamics of active suspensions Challenges and solutions in the numerical simulation of biologically relevant complex fluid flows This volume will be accessible to advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in engineering, mathematics, biology, and the physical sciences, but will appeal to anyone interested in the intricate and beautiful nature of complex fluids in the context of living systems.

Physics. --- Biophysics and Biological Physics. --- Engineering Fluid Dynamics. --- Cell Physiology. --- Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics. --- Mathematical and Computational Biology. --- Cytology. --- Hydraulic engineering. --- Physique --- Cytologie --- Technologie hydraulique --- Physics --- Cytology --- Hydraulic engineering --- Fluids and Secretions --- Rheology --- Phenomena and Processes --- Physical Phenomena --- Anatomy --- Investigative Techniques --- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment --- Microfluidics --- Cell Physiological Phenomena --- Biophysical Phenomena --- Body Fluids --- Biology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Biophysics --- Complex fluids. --- Biological systems. --- Biosystems --- Systems, Biological --- Complex liquids --- Fluids, Complex --- Cell physiology. --- Biomathematics. --- Amorphous substances. --- Biophysics. --- Biological physics. --- Fluid mechanics. --- Amorphous substances --- Liquids --- System theory --- Systems biology --- Philosophy --- Soft condensed matter --- Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics. --- Cell function --- Physiology --- Engineering, Hydraulic --- Engineering --- Fluid mechanics --- Hydraulics --- Shore protection --- Mathematics --- Hydromechanics --- Continuum mechanics --- Biological physics --- Medical sciences

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This Brief provides an up-to-date overview of smart surfactants and describes a broad spectrum of triggers that induce the formation of wormlike micelles or reversibly tune the morphology of surfactant aggregates from wormlike micelles to another state, or vice versa. Combining the fields of chemistry, physics, polymer science, and nanotechnology, its primary focus is on the design, formulation, and processing of intelligent viscoelastic surfactant solutions, covering the scientific principles governing responsiveness to one or more particular triggers, down to the end-use-driven functions. The first chapter explains why and how surfactants self-assemble into viscoelastic wormlike micellar solutions reminiscent of polymer solutions, while the following chapters show how the response to a given trigger translates into macroscopic rheological changes, including temperature, light, pH, CO2, redox, hydrocarbon, etc. The last chapter demonstrates the applications of these viscoelastic assemblies in oil and gas production, drag reduction, biomaterials, cleaning processes, electrorheological and photorheological fluids. Comments and perspectives are provided at the end to conclude this Brief. This Brief is aimed at chemists, physicists, chemical engineers and nano-scientists who are involved in self-assemblies and applications of surfactants, as well as graduates in physical chemistry. Yujun Feng, Ph.D., is a professor at the State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Polymer Research Institute of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, P. R. China. Zonglin Chu, Ph.D., is a post-doctoral fellow working at the Physical Chemistry Institute, University of Zürich, Switzerland. Cécile A. Dreiss, Ph.D., is a senior lecturer at the Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, King’s College London, UK.

Chemistry. --- Physical Chemistry. --- Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics. --- Polymer Sciences. --- Nanotechnology. --- Chemistry, Physical organic. --- Polymers. --- Chimie --- Polymères --- Nanotechnologie --- Chemistry --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Physical & Theoretical Chemistry --- Micelles. --- Physical chemistry. --- Amorphous substances. --- Complex fluids. --- Colloids --- Molecular technology --- Nanoscale technology --- High technology --- Polymere --- Polymeride --- Polymers and polymerization --- Macromolecules --- Chemistry, Physical organic --- Chemistry, Organic --- Chemistry, Physical and theoretical --- Polymers  . --- Complex liquids --- Fluids, Complex --- Amorphous substances --- Liquids --- Soft condensed matter --- Chemistry, Theoretical --- Physical chemistry --- Theoretical chemistry