06-779 Special Topics: Introduction to Meteorology
12 units, Carnegie Mellon University
Complex fluids include solutions of polymers or surfactants, emulsions, foams and liquid suspensions of colloidal nanoparticles or microparticles. What makes a fluid a complex fluid is an exquisite sensitivity of its macroscopic properties viscoelasticity, for example to strong, often longrange interactions among dispersed constituents. A suspension of lipid vesicles represents a complex fluid on two levels the suspension is a complex fluid, and the lipid bilayers that comprise vesicles are complex fluids. Complex fluids are ubiquitous in industry and nature, and similar scientific concepts are invoked when seeking to understand cell membranes and when formulating a pharmaceutical suspension or printing ink. Students in this course will learn how similar scientific concepts appear in what would otherwise seem to be quite distinct natural systems and engineered systems.
Prerequisites: none listed
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