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This volume of the Shock Wave Science and Technology Reference Library is concerned with the interplay between bubble dynamics and shock waves. It is divided into four parts containing twelve chapters written by eminent scientists. Topics discussed include shock wave emission by laser generated bubbles (W Lauterborn, A Vogel), pulsating bubbles near boundaries (DM Leppinen, QX Wang, JR Blake), interaction of shock waves with bubble clouds (CD Ohl, SW Ohl), shock propagation in polydispersed bubbly liquids by model equations (K Ando, T Colonius, CE Brennen. T Yano, T Kanagawa,  M Watanabe, S Fujikawa) and by DNS (G Tryggvason, S Dabiri), shocks in cavitating flows (NA Adams, SJ Schmidt, CF Delale, GH Schnerr, S Pasinlioglu) together with applications involving encapsulated bubble dynamics in imaging (AA Doinikov, A Novell, JM Escoffre, A Bouakaz),  shock wave lithotripsy (P Zhong), sterilization of ships’ ballast water (A Abe, H Mimura) and bubbly flow model of volcano eruptions ((VK Kedrinskii, K Takayama).  The book offers a timely reference for graduate students as well as professional scientists and engineers interested in the interaction of shock waves with bubbles and their propagation properties in bubbly liquids with applications in medical and earth sciences. .

Bubbles -- Dynamics. --- Engineering. --- Hydraulic engineering. --- Shock waves. --- Bubbles --- Shock waves --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Civil & Environmental Engineering --- Civil Engineering --- Applied Physics --- Dynamics --- Dynamics. --- Bubble dynamics --- Fluids. --- Amorphous substances. --- Complex fluids. --- Fluid mechanics. --- Engineering Fluid Dynamics. --- Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics. --- Fluid- and Aerodynamics. --- Shock (Mechanics) --- Waves --- Engineering, Hydraulic --- Engineering --- Fluid mechanics --- Hydraulics --- Shore protection --- Mechanics --- Physics --- Hydrostatics --- Permeability --- Complex liquids --- Fluids, Complex --- Amorphous substances --- Liquids --- Soft condensed matter --- Hydromechanics --- Continuum mechanics

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This work represents one of the first comprehensive attempts to seamlessly integrate two highly active interdisciplinary domains in soft matter science – microfluidics and liquid crystals (LCs). Motivated by the lack of fundamental experiments, Dr. Sengupta initiated systematic investigation of LC flows at micro scales, gaining new insights that are also suggestive of novel applications. By tailoring the surface anchoring of the LC molecules and the channel dimensions, different topological constraints were controllably introduced within the microfluidic devices. These topological constraints were further manipulated using a flow field, paving the way for Topological Microfluidics.  Harnessing topology on a microfluidic platform, as described in this thesis, opens up capabilities beyond the conventional viscous-dominated microfluidics, promising potential applications in targeted delivery and sorting systems, self-assembled motifs, and novel metamaterial fabrications.

Fluid- and aerodynamics. --- Microfluidics. --- Physics. --- Physics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Atomic Physics --- Liquid crystals. --- Colloids. --- Dispersoids --- Gels --- Hydrogels --- Sols --- Crystals, Liquid --- Physical chemistry. --- Fluids. --- Amorphous substances. --- Complex fluids. --- Fluid mechanics. --- Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics. --- Engineering Fluid Dynamics. --- Fluid- and Aerodynamics. --- Physical Chemistry. --- Fluidics --- Nanofluids --- Amorphous substances --- Chemistry, Physical and theoretical --- Diffusion --- Matter --- Micelles --- Particles --- Rheology --- Solution (Chemistry) --- Surface chemistry --- Light sources --- Properties --- Hydraulic engineering. --- Chemistry, Physical organic. --- Chemistry, Physical organic --- Chemistry, Organic --- Engineering, Hydraulic --- Engineering --- Fluid mechanics --- Hydraulics --- Shore protection --- Chemistry, Theoretical --- Physical chemistry --- Theoretical chemistry --- Chemistry --- Mechanics --- Hydrostatics --- Permeability --- Hydromechanics --- Continuum mechanics --- Complex liquids --- Fluids, Complex --- Liquids --- Soft condensed matter

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This volume of Progress in Colloid and Polymer Science assembles original contributions and invited reviews from the priority research program "Intelligent Hydrogels", funded by the German Science Foundation DFG since 2006, with about 25 contributing research groups. In the center of interest of this program and the present book are responsive hydrogels, i.e. hydrophilic polymer or polyelectrolyte networks that are able to respond to environmental stimuli such as changes in temperature, pH, additive concentration or electrical field. The activities focus on different aspects: on hydrogel synthesis, on the modeling and simulation of thermophysical hydrogel properties, as well as on innovative new hydrogel applications as smart materials. The present book summarizes the highlights in the results of the priority program in original contributions and invited reviews.

Chemistry. --- Polymers. --- Polymer Sciences. --- Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics. --- Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Methods. --- Colloids --- Chemistry --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Organic Chemistry --- Dispersoids --- Gels --- Hydrogels --- Sols --- Polymere --- Polymeride --- Polymers and polymerization --- Amorphous substances. --- Complex fluids. --- Macromolecules --- Physical sciences --- Complex liquids --- Fluids, Complex --- Amorphous substances --- Liquids --- Soft condensed matter --- Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Materials. --- Polymers  . --- Ceramics. --- Glass. --- Composites (Materials). --- Composite materials. --- Composites (Materials) --- Multiphase materials --- Reinforced solids --- Solids, Reinforced --- Two phase materials --- Materials --- Ceramics --- Glazing --- Ceramic technology --- Industrial ceramics --- Keramics --- Building materials --- Chemistry, Technical --- Clay --- Colloids. --- Chemistry, Physical and theoretical --- Diffusion --- Matter --- Micelles --- Particles --- Rheology --- Solution (Chemistry) --- Surface chemistry --- Properties

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This book will be mainly devoted to demonstrate the rich phenomenology exhibited by fine powders when they are fluidized by a gas flow. Fine powder cohesiveness leads to poor flowability, clumping, difficulty in fluidizing, irregular avalanching behavior, etc. Despite all the inconveniences, fine powder processes pervade the chemical, pharmaceutical, agricultural and mining industries among others. The author in this book analyzes the mechanism by which interparticle adhesive forces are reduced by means of surface additives. Different techniques have been developed in the last years to assist fluidization by helping the gas flow to mobilize and break cohesive aggregates, which help to homogenize fluidization. As reviewed in this book, the use of these techniques may have a relevant impact on novel processes based on fluidized beds of fine powder and with relevant applications on leading edge technologies such as Atomic Layer Deposition on nanoparticles and CO2 capture by gas-fluidized beds of adsorbent powders. The study of fluidized beds has a marked interdisciplinary character.  This book is thus intended for academic and industrial researchers in applied physics, mechanical, chemical, and environmental engineering, who are interested in the special characteristics of fine powders.

Powders. --- Fluidization. --- Fluid bed processes --- Fluidized systems --- Powder --- Functional foods -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. --- Physics. --- Chemical engineering. --- Nanochemistry. --- Amorphous substances. --- Complex fluids. --- Fluid mechanics. --- Nanotechnology. --- Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics. --- Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering. --- Engineering Fluid Dynamics. --- Bulk solids flow --- Fluid dynamics --- Bulk solids --- Crystals --- Hydraulic engineering. --- Nanoscale chemistry --- Chemistry, Analytic --- Nanoscience --- Molecular technology --- Nanoscale technology --- High technology --- Engineering, Hydraulic --- Engineering --- Fluid mechanics --- Hydraulics --- Shore protection --- Chemistry, Industrial --- Engineering, Chemical --- Industrial chemistry --- Chemistry, Technical --- Metallurgy --- Analytical chemistry --- Hydromechanics --- Continuum mechanics --- Complex liquids --- Fluids, Complex --- Amorphous substances --- Liquids --- Soft condensed matter

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Smart Hydrogel Functional Materials comprehensively and systematically describes our current understanding of smart or intelligent hydrogel functional materials with environmental stimuli-responsive functions. The contents range from hydrogels (including hydrogel-functionalized membranes) to microgels (including hydrogel-functionalized microcapsules) with various response properties, such as thermo-response, pH-response, pH-/thermo-dual-response, glucose-response, ethanol-response, ion-recognition, molecular-recognition, and so on. Most of the contents in this book represent the fresh achievements of the authors’ group on smart hydrogel functional materials. While all chapters can be read as stand-alone papers, together they clearly describe the design concepts, fabrication strategies and methods, microstructures and performances of smart hydrogel functional materials. Vivid schematics and illustrations throughout the book enhance the accessibility of the theory and technologies involved. This is an ideal reference book for a broad general readership including chemists, materials researchers, chemical engineers, pharmaceutical scientists and biomedical researchers, who are interested in designing and fabricating smart hydrogel functional materials for various application purposes. Dr. Liang-Yin Chu is a professor at the School of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, China. He is a Distinguished Young Scholar of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and a Distinguished Professor of the “Chang Jiang Scholars Program” of the Ministry of Education of China.

Aerospace engineering -- Research. --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Biomedical Engineering --- Colloids. --- Smart materials. --- Adaptive materials --- Intelligent materials --- Sense-able materials --- Dispersoids --- Gels --- Hydrogels --- Sols --- Materials science. --- Polymers. --- Chemical engineering. --- Amorphous substances. --- Complex fluids. --- Biomedical engineering. --- Biomaterials. --- Materials Science. --- Polymer Sciences. --- Biomedical Engineering. --- Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics. --- Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering. --- Materials --- Amorphous substances --- Chemistry, Physical and theoretical --- Diffusion --- Matter --- Micelles --- Particles --- Rheology --- Solution (Chemistry) --- Surface chemistry --- Properties --- Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering. --- Chemistry, Industrial --- Engineering, Chemical --- Industrial chemistry --- Engineering --- Chemistry, Technical --- Metallurgy --- Clinical engineering --- Medical engineering --- Bioengineering --- Biophysics --- Medicine --- Polymere --- Polymeride --- Polymers and polymerization --- Macromolecules --- Biocompatible materials --- Biomaterials --- Medical materials --- Biomedical engineering --- Biocompatibility --- Prosthesis --- Polymers  . --- Bioartificial materials --- Hemocompatible materials --- Complex liquids --- Fluids, Complex --- Liquids --- Soft condensed matter --- Biomaterials (Biomedical materials) --- Nanogels.