Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1 The Phenomenology of Modulated Phases: From Magnetic Solids and Fluids to Organic Films and Polymers D. Andelman and R. E. Rosensweig -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Domains in Magnetic Solids -- 3. Domains in Two-Dimensional Ferromagnetic Layers -- 4. Dipolar Langmuir Films -- 5. Magnetic Garnet Films -- 5.1. Phase transitions -- 6. Mesomagnetism and Nanomagnetism -- 7. Ferrofluids and Other Dispersions of Magnetic Particles -- 7.1. Modulation of ferrofluid interfaces -- 7.1.1. Normal field instability -- 7.1.2. More recent work -- 7.1.3. Labyrinthine instability in polarized fluids -- 7.1.4. Applications -- 7.2. Phase transitions in ferrofluids -- 7.3. Modulation of embedded objects -- 7.3.1. Phase change model and alignment of particles -- 7.3.2. Normal and inverse magnetorheological fluids -- 7.3.3. Magnetic trapping of light -- 7.3.4. Modulation of a nanoparticle cloud -- 7.3.5. Magnetically stabilized fluidized bed (MSB) -- 7.3.6. Other related phenomena -- 8. Block Copolymers -- 8.1. Modulated periodicity in BCP -- 8.2. Orientation of anisotropic phases by an electric field -- 8.3. Phase transitions induced by electric fields -- 9. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 2 Solvation Effects of Ions and Ionic Surfactants in Polar Fluids A. Onuki -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Ginzburg-Landau Theory -- 2.1. Solvation interaction -- 2.2. Image interaction -- 2.3. Amphiphilic interaction -- 3. Structure Factor of Composition and Interactions Among Ions in One-Phase States -- 3.1. Composition uctuations and mesoscopic phase -- 3.2. Effective interaction among charged particles -- 4. Equilibrium Conditions in One-Dimensional Cases and Surface Tension -- 4.1. Two species of ions -- 4.2. Three species of ions -- 4.3. Surface tension -- 5. Numerical Results of Ion Distributions.

5.1. Including solvation and image interactions -- 5.2. Including amphiphilic interaction in addition to solvation and image interactions -- 6. Summary and Remarks -- References -- Chapter 3 Change of Critical Mixing Temperature in a Uniform Electric Field K. Orzechowski -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Shift of Tc under the Uniform Electric Field. Theoretical Predictions -- 3. Shift of Tc under the Uniform Electric Field. Experimental Results -- 3.1. Direct measurements of Tc(E) shift -- 3.2. Tc(E) shift deduced from electric permittivity anomaly -- 4. Possible Reasons for Discrepancy between Predicted and Measured Shift of the Critical Temperature -- 5. Conclusions and Outlook -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 4 Electrohydrodynamic Instabilities of Thin Liquid Films T. P. Russell and J. Bae -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Instabilities on Liquid/Air Interfaces - Single Layer -- 3. Instabilities on Liquid/Liquid/Air Interfaces - Double Layer -- 4. Pattern Formation in Thin Polymer Films under Electric Field -- 5. Electrohydrodynamic Instabilities with Patterned Electrode -- 6. Theoretical Approaches to Electrohydrodynamic Instabilities -- 7. Block Copolymers under Electric Field: Electrohydrodynamic Instabilities and Microdomain Orientation -- References -- Chapter 5 Electrowetting: The External Switch on the Wettability and Its Applications For Manipulating Drops F. Mugele -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Origin of the Electrowetting Effect -- 2.1. Historical background -- 2.2. Modern electrowetting -- 3. Physical Challenges of EW Applications -- 4. Current Examples of Research on EW-Driven Drop Dynamics -- 4.1. Contact angle hysteresis in AC and DC electrowetting -- 4.2. Oil film entrapment and break-up in ambient oil -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References.

Chapter 6 Phase Separation and Morphology of Polymer Mixtures Driven by Light Q. Tran-Cong-Miyata and H. Nakanishi -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Fundamental Aspects of Phase Separation -- 2.1. Non-reacting systems -- 2.2. Reacting systems -- 3. Phase Separation of Polymer Blends Induced by Photo- chemical Reactions -- 3.1. Significance of photochemical reactions -- 3.2. Design of hierarchical morphology by using competing interactions in polymeric systems -- 3.3. Controlling phase separation of polymer blends by using temporal and spatial modulation -- 3.3.1. Morphology design by irradiation with spatial modulation -- 3.3.2. Morphology design by using irradiation with temporal modulation -- 3.3.3. Spatially graded morphology designed by using strong light intensity -- 3.3.4. Morphology with an arbitrary distribution of characteristic length scales designed by photochemical reactions: The computer-assisted irradiation (CAI) method -- 3.3.5. Reversible phase separation of polymer blends driven by two UV wavelengths: E ects of reaction-induced deformation on morphology -- 4. Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 7 Thermodynamics and the Phase Diagrams of Block Copolymers in Electric Fields M. Schick -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Review of Basic Electrostatics in Polarizable Materials -- 3. Basic Thermodynamics -- 4. Electric Field Induced Bulk Phase Transition -- 5. Basic Surface Thermodynamics -- 6. Electric Field Induced Surface Phase Transition -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 8 Orienting and Tuning Block Copolymer Nanostructures with Electric Fields A. Boeker and K. Schmidt -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Experimental -- 2.1. Synthesis -- 2.2. Sample preparation and capacitor setup -- 2.3. Synchrotron small-angle X-ray scattering -- 2.4. Data evaluation -- 2.5. Computer simulation.

3. On the Physical Origin of Block Copolymer Alignment -- 3.1. Scaling behavior -- 3.2. Computer simulations -- 3.3. Estimation of the threshold electric fields -- 3.4. Kinetics in a.c. electric fields -- 4. Tuning the Periodicity of Block Copolymer Microdomains with Electric Fields -- 4.1. Effect of an electric field on the polymer chains -- 4.2. Inuence of different physical parameters -- 4.3. Kinetic measurements -- 5. Outlook -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 9 Block Copolymers Under An Electric Field: A Dynamic Density Functional Approach A. V. Zvelindosky and G. J. A. Sevink -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Model -- 3. Objective of the Study -- 3.1. Systems of interest -- 3.2. Transitions of interest -- 4. Sphere Forming System -- 4.1. Results -- 4.1.1. S-to-C? transition: close to disorder -- 4.1.2. S-to-C? transition: far from disorder -- 4.2. Discussion of the kinetic pathways of S-to-C? transition -- 5. Cylinder Forming System -- 5.1. Results -- 5.1.1. Cjj-to-C? transition: close to spheres -- 5.1.2. Cjj-to-C? transition: close to bicontinuous -- 5.2. Discussion of kinetic pathways of Cjj-to-C? transition -- 6. Lamellae Forming System -- 6.1. Results -- 6.1.1. Ljj-to-L? transition: close to disorder -- 6.1.2. Ljj-to-L?: far from disorder -- 6.2. Discussion of kinetic pathways of Ljj-to-L? transition -- 7. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Index.