Random Polymers École d¿ẗØ de ProbabilitØs de Saint-Flour XXXVII ¿ 2007 /

• Main Author: Hollander, Frank. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Mathematics, 1974
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Distribution (Probability theory).; Mechanical engineering.; Structural Mechanics.; Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences.; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00333-2

Polymer chains that interact with themselves and/or with their environment are fascinating objects, displaying a range of interesting physical and chemical phenomena. The focus in this monograph is on the mathematical description of some of these phenomena, with particular emphasis on phase transiti...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Two Basic Models
• Part A Polymers with Self-Interaction. 3 Soft Polymers in Low Dimension
• 4 Soft Polymers in High Dimension
• 5 Elastic Polymers
• 6 Polymer Collapse
• 7 Polymer Adsorption
• Part B Polymers in Random Environment. 8 Charged Polymers
• 9 Copolymers near a Linear Selective Interface
• 10 Copolymers near a Random Selective Interface
• 11 Random Pinning and Wetting of Polymers
• 12 Polymers in a Random Potential.