Active Matter Within and Around Us
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-68420-4 (ISBN)
This book presents a comprehensive review of various aspects of the novel and rapidly developing field of active matter, which encompasses a wide variety of self-organized self-driven energy-consuming media or agents. Most naturally occurring examples are of biological origin, spanning all scales from intracellular structures to swimming and crawling cells and microorganisms, to living tissues, bacterial colonies and flocks of birds. But the field also encompasses artificial systems, from colloids to soft robots. Intrinsically out of equilibrium and free of constraints of time-reversal symmetry, such systems display a range of surprising and unusual behaviors.
In this book, the author emphasizes connections between fluid-mechanical, material, biological and technological aspects of active matter. He employs a minimum of mathematical tools, ensuring that the presentation is accessible to a wider scientific community. Richly illustrated, it gives the reader a clear picture of this fascinating field, its diverse phenomena and its open questions.lt;p>Len Pismen is Emeritus Professor of Fluid Mechanics at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. He has worked in various areas of applied physics and published over 200 papers. His earlier books include Vortices in Nonlinear Fields (1999), Patterns and Interfaces in Dissipative Dynamics (2006), and general audience books The Swings of Science (2018) and Morphogenesis Deconstructed (2020). The latter, most recent, book also appears in Springer's Frontiers Collection.
Introduction.- Polar Flocks.- Active Nematics.- Active Colloids.- Motion of Microorganisms.- Eukaryotic Cells.- Active Gels.- Live Tissues.- Morphogenesis.- References.
"The science underlying active matter spans physics, biology, and materials science, and covering it all in a 200- page book is a difficult task. But it's one that Pismen takes up admirably. Active Matter Within and Around Us presents a curated display of recent developments in the field of active matter from the vantage point of an experienced surveyor. ... Active Matter Within and Around Us hints at many open questions and problems that are waiting to be solved." (Suraj Shankar, Physics Today, August, 2022)
“The science underlying active matter spans physics, biology, and materials science, and covering it all in a 200- page book is a difficult task. But it’s one that Pismen takes up admirably. Active Matter Within and Around Us presents a curated display of recent developments in the field of active matter from the vantage point of an experienced surveyor. … Active Matter Within and Around Us hints at many open questions and problems that are waiting to be solved.” (Suraj Shankar, Physics Today, August, 2022)
| Erscheinungsdatum | 01.03.2021 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | The Frontiers Collection |
| Zusatzinfo | XIII, 227 p. 236 illus., 216 illus. in color. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 530 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Theoretische Physik | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Thermodynamik | |
| Schlagworte | Active biological matter • Active Matter • Biological Tissues • cell interactions • conglomerate of agents • Self-propelled particles • soft matter • Soft Robots • swarming behaviour |
| ISBN-10 | 3-030-68420-2 / 3030684202 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-030-68420-4 / 9783030684204 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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