Statistical Physics of Polymers

An Introduction
2004
ISBN: 978-3-540-43440-5
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1110 g

Reihe: Advanced Texts in Physics

Provides an excellent reference and text for graduate students, physicists, and materials scientists seeking an introduction to the basic concepts used in the statistical physics of polymers. Methods of Gaussian chain statistics are discussed in detail. Applications to numerous interesting phenomena ranging from the microscopic (chain conformations, biopolymers, etc.) to the macroscopic (phase separations, rheology, etc.) are described. Readers are assumed to have taken elementary courses on statistical physics, quantum physics and mathematical physics, but prior knowledge of polymer science is not required. The book contains many illustrations and diagrams as well as exercises, which will help readers to easily and intuitively understand the concepts described in the text.

Zielgruppe

Graduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kawakatsu, Toshihiro

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Chemische Physik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Statistische Physik, Dynamische Systeme
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Organische Chemie Polymerchemie
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Materialwissenschaft: Polymerwerkstoffe

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction.- 2 Gaussian Chain Model and Statistics of Polymers.- 3 Mesoscopic Structures and Self-Consistent Field Theory.- 4 Ginzburg—Landau Theory.- 5 Macroscopic Viscoelastic Theory of Polymers.- References.