Polymer physics: 25 years of the Edwards model : proceedings of the workshop held in Puri, India, January 2-9, 1991

The proceedings of this workshop contains 5 important papers by S. A. Edwards on the Edwards model and includes discussions on recent theoretical developments in polymer physics. A few decades ago, polymers were not considered part of conventional physics. However, the scenario changed drastically i...

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Language:English
Published: Singapore World Scientific Pub. Co. c1992
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Summary:The proceedings of this workshop contains 5 important papers by S. A. Edwards on the Edwards model and includes discussions on recent theoretical developments in polymer physics. A few decades ago, polymers were not considered part of conventional physics. However, the scenario changed drastically in the sixties and seventies with the introduction of path integral methods, fields theory in the n [symbol] limits, and renormalization group approach. A vital step in this progress is the path integral Hamiltonian that S. F. Edwards proposed in 1965–66 to study a single chain. This model now called the Edwards model, is considered to be the minimal model for polymers, and it has been phenomenal in unraveling the universal properties of polymers, be it a single chain or many, equilibrium or dynamics. It has now crossed the boundary of polymers and is finding applications through appropriate generalizations in many other problems
Item Description:"A one-week workshop on Polymer Physics was organized by the Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar and was held in Hotel Prachi in Puri during January 2-9, 1991"--Pref
Physical Description:ix, 219 p. ill
ISBN:9789814538565

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