Random Polymers École d¿Été de Probabilités de Saint-Flour XXXVII ¿ 2007 /

• Main Author: Hollander, Frank (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Mathematics, 1974
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Probabilities.; Statistics.; Structural mechanics.; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes.; Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences.; Structural Mechanics.

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:

• Polymers with Self-Interaction
• Soft Polymers in Low Dimension
• Soft Polymers in High Dimension
• Elastic Polymers
• Polymer Collapse
• Polymer Adsorption
• Polymers in Random Environment
• Charged Polymers
• Copolymers near a Linear Selective Interface
• Copolymers near a Random Selective Interface
• Random Pinning and Wetting of Polymers
• Polymers in a Random Potential
• Two Basic Models.