Statistical Physics of Polymers An Introduction

Statistical Physics of Polymers An Introduction / by Toshihiro Kawakatsu.

This textbook provides senior undergraduate and graduate students with an introduction to the basic concepts used the statistical physics of polymers. Methods of Gaussian chain statistics are discussed in detail. Applications to numerous interesting phenomena ranging from the microscopic (chain conf...

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Main Author: Kawakatsu, Toshihiro (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2004.
Edition:1st ed. 2004.
Series:Advanced Texts in Physics,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Atomic structure  .
Molecular structure .
Statistical physics.
Dynamical systems.
Physical chemistry.
Polymers  .
Materials science.
Condensed matter.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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