TY - BOOK ID - 77941160 TI - Statistical mechanics of membranes and surfaces AU - Nelson, David R. AU - Piran, Tsvi AU - Weingerg, S. PY - 2004 SN - 1281877050 9786611877057 9812565515 9789812565518 9812387609 9789812387608 9812387722 9789812387721 PB - Singapore ; River Edge, N.J. : World Scientific Pub., DB - UniCat KW - Surfaces (Physics) KW - Membranes (Technology) KW - Interfaces (Physical sciences) KW - Statistical mechanics. KW - Mechanics KW - Mechanics, Analytic KW - Quantum statistics KW - Statistical physics KW - Thermodynamics KW - Surface chemistry KW - Artificial membranes KW - Separation (Technology) KW - Technology KW - Physics KW - Surfaces (Technology) KW - Statistical methods. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77941160 AB - 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 me ER -