Giant molecules : here, there, and everywhere / Alexander Y. Grosberg, Alexei R. Khokhlov ; foreword by Pierre-Gilles de Gennes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grosberg, A. I︠U︡.

Contributor:

Khokhlov, A. R.

Gennes, Pierre-Gilles de.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Polymers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book describes the basic facts, concepts and ideas of polymer physics in simple, yet scientifically accurate, terms. In both scientific and historic contexts, the book shows how the subject of polymers is fascinating, as it is behind most of the wonders of living cell machinery as well as most of the new developments in materials. No mathematics is used in the book beyond modest high school algebra, yet very sophisticated concepts are introduced and explained, ranging from scaling and reptations to protein folding and evolution. This new edition includes an extended section on polymer pre

Contents:

Foreword by P.G. de Gennes; From the Reviews of the First Edition; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; 1. Introduction: Physics in the World of Giant Molecules; 2. What Does a Polymer Molecule Look Like?; 3. How are Polymers Made; 4. What Kinds of Polymer Substances are There?; 5. Polymers in Nature; 6. The Mathematics of a Simple Polymer Coil; 7. The Physics of High Elasticity; 8. The Problem of Excluded Volume; 9. Coils and Globules; 10. Globular Proteins and Folding; 11. To Knot or Not to Knot; 12. Dynamics of Polymer Fluids; 13. The Mathematics of Complicated Polymer Structures: Fractals

14. Polymers, Evolution, and the Origin of LifeList of Suggested Further Reading; Index

Notes:

Previous ed.: San Diego, Calif.; London: Academic Press, 1997.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-316) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-14363-1

9786613143631

981-283-923-2

OCLC:

738439223