Polymers: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Carl McBride (talk | contribs) (New page: * Models) |
Carl McBride (talk | contribs) m (→Models: Added an internal link) |
||
| (29 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
*[[Models for polymers | '''Polymers''' | ||
==General== | |||
*[[Block copolymers]] | |||
**[[Diblock copolymers]] | |||
*[[Branched polymers]] | |||
*[[Coil-globule transition]] | |||
*[[Dendrimers]] | |||
*[[Elastomers]] | |||
*[[Flory exponent]] | |||
*[[Helix-coil transition]] | |||
*[[Linear polymers]] | |||
*[[Polymer combs]] | |||
*[[Radius of gyration]] | |||
*[[Random walk]] | |||
*[[Ring polymers]] | |||
*[[Star polymers]] | |||
*[[Theta solvent]] | |||
==Simulation techniques== | |||
The following are some of the [[computer simulation techniques]] specifically designed to study polymers: | |||
*[[Concerted rotation algorithm]] | |||
*[[End-bridging Monte Carlo]] | |||
*[[Fragment regrowth Monte Carlo]] | |||
*[[Lattice simulations (Polymers)]] | |||
*[[Monte Carlo reptation moves]] | |||
*[[Recoil growth]] | |||
*[[RIS Metropolis Monte Carlo]] | |||
==Models== | |||
;Idealised models | |||
*[[Ideal chain model]] (also known as the '''freely-jointed chain'' model) | |||
*[[Bond fluctuation model]] | |||
*[[Flory-Huggins theory | Flory-Huggins model]] | |||
*[[Kratky-Porod model]] (also known as ''semiflexible worm-like chains'') | |||
*[[Rotational isomeric state model]] (RISM) | |||
*[[Rouse model]] | |||
*[[Self-avoiding walk model]] (SAW) | |||
;Realistic models | |||
*[[Poly(ethylene oxide)]] | |||
*[[Poly(methylphenylsiloxane)]] | |||
*[[Poly(methylene)]] | |||
*[[Polybutadiene]] | |||
==Interesting reading== | |||
Some of the first ever computer simulation studies of polymers: | |||
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1740258 F. T. Wall, L. A. Hiller Jr. and D. J. Wheeler "Statistical Computation of Mean Dimensions of Macromolecules. I", Journal of Chemical Physics '''22''' pp. 1036-1041 (1954)] | |||
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1730021 F. T. Wall and J. J. Erpenbeck "New Method for the Statistical Computation of Polymer Dimensions", Journal of Chemical Physics '''30''' pp. 634-637 (1959)] | |||
==Classic texts== | |||
*Paul J. Flory "Statistical Mechanics Of Chain Molecules" (1969) ISBN 1-56990-019-1 | |||
*Pierre-Giles de Gennes "Scaling Concepts in Polymer Physics", Cornell University Press (1979) ISBN 978-0-8014-1203-5 | |||
*M. Doi and S. F. Edwards "The Theory of Polymer Dynamics", International Series of Monographs on Physics '''73''' Oxford University Press (1988) ISBN 978-0-19-852033-7 | |||
[[category: polymers]] | |||
Latest revision as of 14:25, 15 November 2017
Polymers
General[edit]
- Block copolymers
- Branched polymers
- Coil-globule transition
- Dendrimers
- Elastomers
- Flory exponent
- Helix-coil transition
- Linear polymers
- Polymer combs
- Radius of gyration
- Random walk
- Ring polymers
- Star polymers
- Theta solvent
Simulation techniques[edit]
The following are some of the computer simulation techniques specifically designed to study polymers:
- Concerted rotation algorithm
- End-bridging Monte Carlo
- Fragment regrowth Monte Carlo
- Lattice simulations (Polymers)
- Monte Carlo reptation moves
- Recoil growth
- RIS Metropolis Monte Carlo
Models[edit]
- Idealised models
- Ideal chain model (also known as the 'freely-jointed chain model)
- Bond fluctuation model
- Flory-Huggins model
- Kratky-Porod model (also known as semiflexible worm-like chains)
- Rotational isomeric state model (RISM)
- Rouse model
- Self-avoiding walk model (SAW)
- Realistic models
Interesting reading[edit]
Some of the first ever computer simulation studies of polymers:
- F. T. Wall, L. A. Hiller Jr. and D. J. Wheeler "Statistical Computation of Mean Dimensions of Macromolecules. I", Journal of Chemical Physics 22 pp. 1036-1041 (1954)
- F. T. Wall and J. J. Erpenbeck "New Method for the Statistical Computation of Polymer Dimensions", Journal of Chemical Physics 30 pp. 634-637 (1959)
Classic texts[edit]
- Paul J. Flory "Statistical Mechanics Of Chain Molecules" (1969) ISBN 1-56990-019-1
- Pierre-Giles de Gennes "Scaling Concepts in Polymer Physics", Cornell University Press (1979) ISBN 978-0-8014-1203-5
- M. Doi and S. F. Edwards "The Theory of Polymer Dynamics", International Series of Monographs on Physics 73 Oxford University Press (1988) ISBN 978-0-19-852033-7