The equilibrium theory of inhomogeneous polymers
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
The equilibrium theory of inhomogeneous polymers
（The international series of monographs on physics, 134）（Oxford science publications）
Oxford University Press, 2013
- : pbk
Available at / 1 libraries
-
No Libraries matched.
- Remove all filters.
Note
"First published 2006. First published in paperback 2013"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-425) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Ideal chain models
- 3. Single chains in external fields
- 4. Models of many-chain systems
- 5. Self-consistent field theory
- 6. Beyond mean-field theory
- Appendix A: Fourier series and transforms
- Appendix B: Gaussian integrals and probability theory
- Appendix C: Calculus of functionals
- Appendix D: Complex Langevin theory
by "Nielsen BookData"
