Polymers in Confined Environments

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Granick, Steve (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1999.
• Edition: 1st ed. 1999.
• Series: Advances in Polymer Science, 138
• Subjects: Polymers .; Condensed matter.; Physical chemistry.; Polymer Sciences.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Physical Chemistry.

The rapidly-developing field of confined polymers is reviewed in this volume. Special emphasis is given to polymer aspects of this interdisciplinary problem. Taken together, the contributions offer ample evidence of how the field of polymer science continues to evolve with the passage of time. The t...

Table of Contents:

• Phase Transitions of Polymer Blends and Block Copolymer Melts in Thin Films
• Flexible Polymers in Nanopores
• Polymer-Silicate Nanocomposites: Model Systems for Confined Polymers and Polymer Brushes
• Normal and Shear Forces Between Polymer Brushes
• Surface-Anchored Polymer Chains: Their Role in Adhesion and Friction
• Molecular Transitions and Dynamics at Polymer / Wall Interfaces: Origins of Flow Instabilities and Wall Slip.