Flory theory for Polymers
Statistical Mechanics
2015-06-16 v2
Abstract
We review various simple analytical theories for homopolymers within a unified framework. The common guideline of our approach is the Flory theory, and its various avatars, with the attempt of being reasonably self-contained. We expect this review to be useful as an introduction to the topic at the graduate students level.
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@article{arxiv.1308.2414,
title = {Flory theory for Polymers},
author = {Somendra M. Bhattacharjee and Achille Giacometti and Amos Maritan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1308.2414},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
Topical review appeared J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 46 pages, 8 Figures. Sec. VIF added. Typos fixed. Few references added