Advances in Chemical Physics Polymeric Systems Volume 94 Book 104 (Hardcover)

It is difficult to imagine how our highly evolved technological society would function or how life would even exist on our planet if polymers did not exist. The intensive study of polymeric systems which has been under way for several decades has recently yielded new insights into the properties of assemblies of these complex molecules and the physical principles that govern their behavior. These developments have included new concepts to describe aspects of the many body behavior in these systems microscopic analyses that bring our understanding of these systems much closer to our understanding of simple liquids and solids and the discovery of novel chemistry that these molecules can catalyze. This special topic volume of Advances in Chemical Physics surveys a number of these recent accomplishments. Supplemented with more than 250 illustrations it provides a significant up-to-date selection of papers by inter-nationally recognized researchers. Topics include: * Theory of Polyelectrolyte Solutions * Star Polymers: Experiment Theory and Simulation * Tethered Polymer Layers * Living Polymers * Transport and Kinetics in Electroactive Polymers Self-contained authoritative and timely Polymeric Systems makes the cutting edge of polymer research available to scientists in every branch of chemical physics. Contributors to POLYMERIC SYSTEMS JEAN-LOUIS BARRAT Departement de Physique des Materiaux Universite Claude Bernard-Lyon l France A. BAUMGARTNER Institut fur Festkorperforschung Germany M. A. CARIGNANO Department of Chemistry Purdue University West Lafayette Indiana LEWIS J. FETTERS Corporate Research Science Laboratories Exxon Research and Engineering Company Annandale New Jersey SANDRA C. GREER Department of Chemical Engineering University of Maryland at College Park GARY S. GREST Corporate Research Science Laboratories Exxon Research and Engineering Company Annandale New Jersey JOHN S. HUANG Corporate Research Science Laboratories Exxon Research and Engineering Company Annandale New Jersey JEAN-FRANCOIS JOANNY Institut Charles Sadron France MICHAEL E. G. LYONS Electroactive Polymer Research Group Physical Chemistry Laboratory University of Dublin Ireland M. MUTHUKUMAR Department of Polymer Science University of Massachusetts Amherst Massachusetts DIETER RICHTER Institut fur Festkorperforschung Germany I. SZLEIFER Department of Chemistry Purdue University West Lafayette Indiana