Random polymer models / Giambattista Giacomin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Giacomin, Giambattista.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Statistical mechanics--Mathematical models.

Statistical mechanics.

Polymers--Mathematical models.

Polymers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (259 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Imperial College Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume introduces readers to the world of disordered systems and to some of the remarkable probabilistic techniques developed in the field. The author explores in depth a class of directed polymer models to which much attention has been devoted in the last 25 years, in particular in the fields of physical and biological sciences. The models treated have been widely used in studying, for example, the phenomena of polymer pinning on a defect line, the behavior of copolymers in proximity to an interface between selective solvents and the DNA denaturation transition. In spite of the apparent

Contents:

Preface; Contents; Appendix C Effective Interface Models; 1. Random Polymer Models and their Applications; 2. The Homogeneous Pinning Model; 3. Weakly Inhomogeneous Models; 4. The Free Energy of Disordered Polymer Chains; 5. Disordered Pinning Models: The Phase Diagram; 6. Disordered Copolymers and Selective Interfaces: The Phase Diagram; 7. The Localized Phase of Disordered Polymers; 8. The Delocalized Phase of Disordered Polymers; 9. Numerical Algorithms and Computations; Appendix A Mathematical Tools; Appendix B Some Technical Estimates; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-240) and index.

ISBN:

9786611120689

9781281120687

1281120685

9781860948299

1860948294

OCLC:

476099620