Soft condensed matter

These lectures illustrate some of the concepts of soft-condensed matter physics, taking examples from colloid physics. Many of the theoretical concepts will be illustrated with the results of computer simulations. After a brief introduction describing interactions between colloids, the paper focuses on colloidal phase behavior (in particular, entropic phase transitions). colloidal hydrodynamics and colloidal nucleation. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.