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'''Polymers'''  | |||
==General==  | |||
*[[Block copolymers]]  | *[[Block copolymers]]  | ||
**[[Diblock copolymers]]  | **[[Diblock copolymers]]  | ||
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*[[Dendrimers]]  | *[[Dendrimers]]  | ||
*[[Elastomers]]  | *[[Elastomers]]  | ||
*[[Flory  | *[[Flory exponent]]  | ||
*[[Helix-coil transition]]  | *[[Helix-coil transition]]  | ||
*[[Linear polymers]]  | *[[Linear polymers]]  | ||
*[[Polymer combs]]  | *[[Polymer combs]]  | ||
*[[Radius of gyration]]  | |||
*[[Random walk]]  | *[[Random walk]]  | ||
*[[Ring polymers]]  | *[[Ring polymers]]  | ||
*[[Star polymers]]  | *[[Star polymers]]  | ||
*[[Theta solvent]]  | *[[Theta solvent]]  | ||
==Simulation techniques==  | ==Simulation techniques==  | ||
The following are some of the [[computer simulation techniques]] specifically designed to study polymers:  | The following are some of the [[computer simulation techniques]] specifically designed to study polymers:  | ||
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*[[Recoil growth]]  | *[[Recoil growth]]  | ||
*[[RIS Metropolis Monte Carlo]]  | *[[RIS Metropolis Monte Carlo]]  | ||
==Models==  | |||
;Idealised models  | |||
*[[Ideal chain model]] (also known as the '''freely-jointed chain'' model)  | |||
*[[Bond fluctuation model]]  | |||
*[[Flory-Huggins theory | Flory-Huggins model]]  | |||
*[[Kratky-Porod model]] (also known as ''semiflexible worm-like chains'')  | |||
*[[Rotational isomeric state model]] (RISM)  | |||
*[[Rouse model]]  | |||
*[[Self-avoiding walk model]] (SAW)  | |||
;Realistic models  | |||
*[[Poly(ethylene oxide)]]  | |||
*[[Poly(methylphenylsiloxane)]]  | |||
*[[Poly(methylene)]]  | |||
*[[Polybutadiene]]  | |||
==Interesting reading==  | ==Interesting reading==  | ||
Some of the first ever computer simulation studies of polymers:  | Some of the first ever computer simulation studies of polymers:  | ||
Latest revision as of 14:25, 15 November 2017
Polymers
General[edit]
- Block copolymers
 - Branched polymers
 - Coil-globule transition
 - Dendrimers
 - Elastomers
 - Flory exponent
 - Helix-coil transition
 - Linear polymers
 - Polymer combs
 - Radius of gyration
 - Random walk
 - Ring polymers
 - Star polymers
 - Theta solvent
 
Simulation techniques[edit]
The following are some of the computer simulation techniques specifically designed to study polymers:
- Concerted rotation algorithm
 - End-bridging Monte Carlo
 - Fragment regrowth Monte Carlo
 - Lattice simulations (Polymers)
 - Monte Carlo reptation moves
 - Recoil growth
 - RIS Metropolis Monte Carlo
 
Models[edit]
- Idealised models
 
- Ideal chain model (also known as the 'freely-jointed chain model)
 - Bond fluctuation model
 - Flory-Huggins model
 - Kratky-Porod model (also known as semiflexible worm-like chains)
 - Rotational isomeric state model (RISM)
 - Rouse model
 - Self-avoiding walk model (SAW)
 
- Realistic models
 
Interesting reading[edit]
Some of the first ever computer simulation studies of polymers:
- F. T. Wall, L. A. Hiller Jr. and D. J. Wheeler "Statistical Computation of Mean Dimensions of Macromolecules. I", Journal of Chemical Physics 22 pp. 1036-1041 (1954)
 - F. T. Wall and J. J. Erpenbeck "New Method for the Statistical Computation of Polymer Dimensions", Journal of Chemical Physics 30 pp. 634-637 (1959)
 
Classic texts[edit]
- Paul J. Flory "Statistical Mechanics Of Chain Molecules" (1969) ISBN 1-56990-019-1
 - Pierre-Giles de Gennes "Scaling Concepts in Polymer Physics", Cornell University Press (1979) ISBN 978-0-8014-1203-5
 - M. Doi and S. F. Edwards "The Theory of Polymer Dynamics", International Series of Monographs on Physics 73 Oxford University Press (1988) ISBN 978-0-19-852033-7