Physical Chemistry of Polymers

A Conceptual Introduction

Sebastian Seiffert

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Year: 2023
• ISBN:
  9783110713398
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Physical & Theoretical Chemistry

This book introduces the concepts of physical chemistry of polymers in a format targeted for a blended-learning approach. It provides a basis to bridge polymer chemistry, which targets microscopic chain structures, and polymer engineering, which targets macroscopic material properties and functions. Topics covered are single chain statistics, multi-chain interactions, and chain dynamics, both from a viewpoint of structure, properties (mostly mechanical ones), and their interrelation. In all that, the author encourages the reader to think conceptually.

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• Explains complex facts through simplifying models, diagrams, and illustrations

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• Accessible to chemists, chemical engineers, materials scientists, and physicists

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• Tailored content for an interactive blended-learning format

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Literature basis
• 1 Introduction to polymer physical chemistry
• 2 Ideal polymer chains
• 3 Real polymer chains
• 4 Polymer thermodynamics
• 5 Mechanics and rheology of polymer systems
• 6 Scattering analysis of polymer systems
• 7 States of polymer systems
• 8 Closing remarks
• Index