Lattice Models of Polymers

by Carlo Vanderzande

Overview

This is a comprehensive introduction to lattice models of polymers, an important topic both in the theory of critical phenomena and the modeling of polymers. The first two chapters introduce the basic theory of random, directed and self-avoiding walks. The book then goes on to develop and expand this theory to explore the self-avoiding walk in both two and three dimensions. Following chapters describe polymers near a surface, dense polymers, self interacting polymers and branched polymers. The book closes with discussions of some geometrical and topological properties of polymers, and of self-avoiding surfaces on a lattice. The volume combines results from rigorous analytical and numerical work to give a coherent picture of the properties of lattice models of polymers. This book will be valuable for graduate students and researchers working in statistical mechanics, theoretical physics and polymer physics. It will also be of interest to those working in applied mathematics and theoretical chemistry.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521559935
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	04/30/1998
Series:	Cambridge Lecture Notes in Physics , #11
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.55(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. From polymers to random walks; 2. Excluded volume and the self-avoiding walk; 3. The SAW in d=2; 4. The SAW in d=3; 5. Polymers near a surface; 6. Percolation, spanning trees and the Potts model; 7. Dense polymers; 8. Self-interacting polymers; 9. Branched polymers; 10. Polymer topology; 11. Self-avoiding surfaces; References; Index.