Providing a comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art advanced research in the field, Polymer Physics explores the interrelationships among polymer structure, morphology, and physical and mechanical behavior. Featuring contributions from renowned experts, the book covers the basics of important areas in polymer physics while projecting into the future, making it a valuable resource for students and chemists, chemical engineers, materials scientists, and polymer scientists as well as professionals in related industries.
Author(s): Leszek A. Utracki, Alexander M. Jamieson
Edition: 1
Publisher: Wiley
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 776
Tags: Химия и химическая промышленность;Высокомолекулярные соединения;
POLYMER PHYSICS......Page 3
CONTENTS......Page 7
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 11
PREFACE......Page 15
Robert Simha: A Life with Polymers......Page 19
PART I RHEOLOGY......Page 33
1 Newtonian Viscosity of Dilute, Semidilute, and Concentrated Polymer Solutions......Page 35
2 Polymer and Surfactant Drag Reduction in Turbulent Flows......Page 107
3 Nanorheology of Polymer Nanoalloys and Nanocomposites......Page 147
4 Volume Relaxation and the Lattice–Hole Model......Page 179
5 Dynamics of Materials at the Nanoscale: Small-Molecule Liquids and Polymer Films......Page 209
PART II THERMODYNAMICS......Page 243
6 Equations of State and Free-Volume Content......Page 245
7 Spatial Configuration and Thermodynamic Characteristics of Main-Chain Liquid Crystals......Page 301
8 Bulk and Surface Properties of Random Copolymers in View of the Simha–Somcynsky Equation of State......Page 341
9 Physical Aging......Page 375
PART III POSITION ANNIHILATION LIFETIME SPECTROSCOPY......Page 409
10 Morphology of Free-Volume Holes in Amorphous Polymers by Means of Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy......Page 411
11 Local Free-Volume Distribution from PALS and Dynamics of Polymers......Page 439
12 Positron Annihilation Lifetime Studies of Free Volume in Heterogeneous Polymer Systems......Page 491
PART IV PHYSICS OF THE POLYMERIC NANOCOMPOSITES......Page 541
13 Structure–Property Relationships of Nanocomposites......Page 543
14 Free Volume in Molten and Glassy Polymers and Nanocomposites......Page 571
15 Metal Particles Confined in Polymeric Matrices......Page 623
16 Rheology of Polymers with Nanofillers......Page 657
Appendix A: Abbreviations and Notations......Page 727
Appendix B: Robert Simha Publications......Page 755
SUBJECT INDEX......Page 773
