Polymer Solutions: An Introduction to Physical Properties Book

	Preface
1	Models of Polymer Chains	1
1.1	Introduction	1
1.2	Ideal Chains	7
1.3	Gaussian Chain	23
1.4	Real Chains	33
1.5	Semirigid Chains	41
1.6	Branched Chains	49
1.7	Molecular Weight Distribution	55
1.8	Concentration Regimes	63
2	Thermodynamics of Dilute Polymer Solutions	69
2.1	Polymer Solutions and Thermodynamics	69
2.2	Flory-Huggins Mean-Field Theory	70
2.3	Phase Diagram and Theta Solutions	99
2.4	Static Light Scattering	108
2.5	Size Exclusion Chromatography and Confinement	148
App. 2.A	Review of Thermodynamics for Colligative Properties in Nonideal Solutions	164
App. 2.B	Another Approach to Thermodynamics of Polymer Solutions	165
App. 2.C	Correlation Function of a Gaussian Chain	166
3	Dynamics of Dilute Polymer Solutions	167
3.1	Dynamics of Polymer Solutions	167
3.2	Dynamic Light Scattering and Diffusion of Polymers	168
3.3	Viscosity	209
3.4	Normal Modes	221
3.5	Dynamics of Rodlike Molecules	262
App. 3.A	Evaluation of [subscript eq]	271
App. 3.B	Evaluation of	273
App. 3.C	Initial Slope of S[subscript 1](k,t)	274
4	Thermodynamics and Dynamics of Semidilute Solutions	277
4.1	Semidilute Polymer Solutions	277
4.2	Thermodynamics of Semidilute Polymer Solutions	278
4.3	Dynamics of Semidilute Solutions	307
	References	325
	Further Readings	326
App. A1	Delta Function	328
App. A2	Fourier Transform	329
App. A3	Integrals	331
App. A4	Series	332
	Index	333