The Equilibrium Theory of Inhomogeneous Polymers

Glenn H. Fredrickson - Collection International Series of Monographs on Physics

438 pages, parution le 01/12/2005

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The Equilibrium Theory of Inhomogeneous Polymers provides an introduction to the field-theoretic methods and computer simulation techniques that are used in the design of structured polymeric fluids. By such methods, the principles that dictate equilibrium self-assembly in systems ranging from block and graft copolymers, to polyelectrolytes, liquid crystalline polymers, and polymer nanocomposites can be established. Building on an introductory discussion of single-polymer statistical mechanics, the book provides a detailed treatment of analytical and numerical techniques for addressing the conformational properties of polymers subjected to spatially-varying potential fields. This problem is shown to be central to the field-theoretic description of interacting polymeric fluids, and models for a number of important polymer systems are elaborated. Chapter 5 serves to unify and expound the topic of self-consistent field theory, which is a collection of analytical and numerical techniques for obtaining solutions of polymer field theory models in the mean-field approximation. The concluding Chapter 6 provides a discussion of analytical methods for going beyond the mean-field approximation and an introduction to the exciting new field of field-theoretic polymer simulations - the direct numerical simulation of polymer field theory models. No other book brings together in such a detailed and instructive fashion the theoretical and numerical tools for investigating the equilibrium structure and thermodynamics of meso-structured polymer formulations, including those relevant to soft material nanotechnologies, personal care products, and multiphase plastic materials.

Readership: Academic researchers, graduate students and beyond, who work in the fields of condensed matter physics, materials physics, polymer physics, chemical physics, physical chemistry, and materials science.

Industrial researchers, graduate level training, who work for companies concerned with materials, chemicals, and polymer technologies.

L'auteur - Glenn H. Fredrickson

Glenn Fredrickson, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California at Santa Barbara

Sommaire

Introduction
Ideal Chain Models
Single Chains in External Fields
Models of Many-Chain Systems
Self-Consistent Field Theory
Beyond Mean-Field Theory
A: Fourier Series and Transforms
B: Gaussian Integrals and Probability Theory
C: Calculus of Functionals
D: Complex Langevin Theory

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Oxford University Press
Auteur(s)	Glenn H. Fredrickson
Collection	International Series of Monographs on Physics
Parution	01/12/2005
Nb. de pages	438
Format	16 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	914g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780198567295
ISBN13	978-0-19-856729-5