Reinhard Hentschke: A Concise Introduction to Polymer Physics, Kartoniert / Broschiert
A Concise Introduction to Polymer Physics
- Theoretical Concepts and Applications
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- Verlag:
- Springer International Publishing AG, 07/2025
- Einband:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9783031873232
- Artikelnummer:
- 12283097
- Umfang:
- 238 Seiten
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 21.7.2025
- Hinweis
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Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
This textbook provides a concise and transparently structured one-semester course in polymer physics - the science, in addition to polymer chemistry, behind a class of ubiquitous materials. It covers all major theoretical concepts and their applications in six chapters, including the conformations of chains, the thermodynamics of mixtures, solutions and networks, and the dynamics of polymers. Selected topics highlight aspects of polymer mechanics, the role of particulate fillers, stable and labile liquid crystal polymers, and polyelectrolytes. Solved problems deepen and extend important points that are explained in the main chapters.
The emphasis is on the derivation of the results and not on their mere presentation. If a result can be obtained using different theoretical methods or viewed from a different angle, an attempt is made to explain the relationships between the methods as clearly as possible. In addition, the validation of theoretical results through suitable experiments is always included. All this assumes a certain familiarity with statistical thermodynamics and its mathematics, which means that the text is best suited for upper undergraduate level.
Biografie
Reinhard Hentschke got his PhD degree in 1987 at the University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA. Afterwards he held postdoc positions at the Department of Chemistry, Baker Laboratory, Cornell University, New York, USA, and at the Department of Chemistry, Brandeis University, Massachusetts USA. From 1990-99 he was a staff scientist and project coordinator at the Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany. In 1996 he got the Habilitation and venia legendi in Physical Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany. Ever since 1999 he is Professor of theoretical physics (statistical mechanics of soft matter/chemical physics) at the Bergische Universität, Wuppertal, Germany. His research interests have frequently straddled the boundary between physics and chemis try. Early work as a Master and PhD student has focussed on surface physics dealing with topics in molecule/ion-surface collision and surface phase transitions. During his postdoctoral years the focus has shifted to theoretical physical chemistry of reversible molecular aggrega tion as found in micellar and protein systems and the attendant liquid crystalline phase be haviour. As a group leader at the Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research he has concen trated on computer modelling of polymers. §Over the past ten years, as a professor of physics, his work has been a synthesis of these earlier fields of work. Recently his group has concentrated on (a) the theoretical investigation of sorption in polymer networks using computer simulation methods and lattice theory; (b) reversible self-assembly and phase behaviour of equilibrium polymers using again a combi nation of computer simulation and analytical theory; (c) the dielectric properties in conjunc tion with the structural phase behaviour of dipolar fluids; (d) the development of computer algorithms for molecular modelling; (e) dynamical properties of filled elastomers.
