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This book teaches undergraduates in physical science how to understand soft matter: fluids containing polymers, colloidal particles or surfactant molecules. These fluids are playing an increasing role in biotechnology and in basic science.

Complex fluids. --- Polymer colloids. --- Polymers. --- Colloids. --- Surface active agents.

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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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Multi-Scale Phenomena in Complex Fluids is a collection of lecture notes delivered during the first two series of mini-courses from "Shanghai Summer School on Analysis and Numerics in Modern Sciences", which was held in 2004 and 2006 at Fudan University, Shanghai, China. This review volume of 5 chapters, covering various fields in complex fluids, places emphasis on multi-scale modeling, analyses and simulations. It will be of special interest to researchers and graduate students who want to work in the field of complex fluids.

Fluid dynamics --- Complex fluids --- Differential equations, Partial --- Numerical analysis --- Mathematics. --- Analysis. --- Mathematical models. --- Simulation methods.

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Physics --- Mechanics --- rheologie --- Rheology --- Complex fluids --- Deformations (Mechanics) --- Complex fluids. --- Rheology. --- Colloids --- Elasticity --- Plasticity --- Viscosity --- Complex liquids --- Fluids, Complex --- Amorphous substances --- Liquids --- Soft condensed matter --- Elastic solids --- Strains and stresses --- Structural failures

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This book provides a comprehensive and clearly structured introduction to the broad field of transducers and artificial muscles based on electromechanically active polymers (EAP), the goal being to present basic concepts and established knowledge in an accessible form. Its tutorial style and structure make this book an easy-to-use reference guide for students, researchers and practitioners alike. Different sections cover all categories of EAP materials, with separate chapters addressing the fundamentals, materials, device configurations, models, and applications, as well as operative guidelines on how to get started in experimentation with electromechanically active polymers. The functional and structural properties of EAP transducers are described and explained, and their broad range of applications in optics, acoustics, haptics, fluidics, automotive systems, robotics, orthotics, medical tools, artificial organs and energy harvesting is illustrated. Prepared under the aegis of the ‘European Scientific Network for Artificial Muscles’, the book is the product of extensive collaborative efforts led by European researchers and involving respected experts from around the globe.

Optical materials. --- Electronic materials. --- Polymers  . --- Biomedical engineering. --- Mechatronics. --- Amorphous substances. --- Complex fluids. --- Engineering—Materials. --- Optical and Electronic Materials. --- Polymer Sciences. --- Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering. --- Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics. --- Materials Engineering.