Offers a clear introduction to the properties and behaviour of soft matter. It begins with a treatment of the underlying principles. Then the specific propertie... » 

Offers a clear introduction to the properties and behaviour of soft matter. It begins with a treatment of the underlying principles. Then the specific properties of colloids, polymers, liquid crystals and self-assembling amphiphilic systems are treated within this framework. Aconcluding chapter illustrates how principles of soft matter physics can be used to understand properties of biological systems. «