Bottom-Up Self-Organization in Supramolecular Soft Matter

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Bottom-Up Self-Organization in Supramolecular Soft Matter is written by Stefan C. Müller and published by Springer. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3319194100 (ISBN 10) and 9783319194103 (ISBN 13).

This book presents the general concepts of self-organized spatio-temporal ordering processes. These concepts are demonstrated via prototypical examples of recent advances in materials science. Particular emphasis is on nano scale soft matter in physics, chemistry, biology and biomedicine. The questions addressed embrace a broad spectrum of complex nonlinear phenomena, ranging from self-assembling near the thermodynamical equilibrium to dissipative structure formation far from equilibrium. Their mutual interplay gives rise to increasing degrees of hierarchical order. Analogues are pointed out, differences characterized and efforts are made to reveal common features in the mechanistic description of those phenomena.