The Physics of Polymers Concepts for Understanding Their Structures and Behavior /

• Main Author: Strobl, Gert (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Edition: Third Revised and Expanded Edition.
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Polymers.; Chemical engineering.; Condensed matter.; Optics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.; Polymer Sciences.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.

Polymer physics is a key part of macromolecular science. This textbook presents the elements of this important branch of materials science in the style of a series of lecture. The main focus lays on the concepts, rather than on experimental techniques and theoretical methods. Written for graduate st...

Table of Contents:

• Constitution and Architecture of Chains
• Single Chain Conformations
• Polymer Solutions
• Polymer Blends and Block Copolymers
• The Semicrystalline State
• Mechanical and Dielectric Response
• Conjugated Polymers
• Microscopic Dynamics
• Non-Linear Mechanics
• Deformation, Yielding and Fracture.