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A Cocktail of Soft Condensed Matter

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Soft Condensed Matter: Configurations, Dynamics and Functionality

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Soft condensed matter physics has evolved within the last two decades into a thriving field of inquiry. Arguably, it is unique amongst all other fields in physics in the diversity of the topics it encompasses. You just have to have a look at the subjects to be covered in this School to convince yourself.

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Stavans, J. (2000). A Cocktail of Soft Condensed Matter. In: Skjeltorp, A.T., Edwards, S.F. (eds) Soft Condensed Matter: Configurations, Dynamics and Functionality. NATO Science Series, vol 552. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4189-5_2

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