Introduction to Theoretical Polymer Physics
This note describes the following topics: Random Walk
models of polymer conformations, Gaussian chain, Self-avoiding walks and
excluded-volume interaction, Scale invariance, Relation between self-avoiding
walks and critical phenomena, Self-consistent field theory for polymers,
Screening of excluded volume interactions, Flory-Huggins theory, Theta collapse,
Blob concept, Generic phase diagram of polymer solutions, Rouse model, Zimm
model, Hydrodynamic screening in semidilute solutions, Reptation model.
Author(s): Monash
University, Australia
NA Pages