Polymer Solutions
Soft Condensed Matter
2020-04-29 v1
Abstract
The article provides a brief general introduction into the concepts of scaling, universality, and crossover scaling, plus the blob concept that provides an intuitive picture of crossover phenomena. We present the most important static and dynamic scaling laws for unentangled uncharged polymer solutions, together with their test and refinement by careful computer simulations. A hoard of simulation methods has been developed for these systems, and these will be briefly discussed as well.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1801.06698,
title = {Polymer Solutions},
author = {Burkhard Duenweg},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.06698},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
This article has been prepared for publication in Handbook of Materials Modeling (2nd edition), Volume 1: Methods: Theory and Modeling, edited by Wanda Andreoni and Sidney Yip; Springer (publication planned for fall 2018)