The Equilibrium Theory of Inhomogeneous Polymers Paperback / softback
by Glenn (Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California at Santa Barbara) Fredrickson
Part of the International Series of Monographs on Physics series
Paperback / softback
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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.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:452 pages, 1 colour plate, 72 line drawings, 15 halftones
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:06/06/2013
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- ISBN:9780199673797
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:452 pages, 1 colour plate, 72 line drawings, 15 halftones
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:06/06/2013
- Category:
- ISBN:9780199673797