Polymer Physics

Providing a comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art advanced research in the field, Polymer Physics explores the interrelationships among polymer structure, morphology, and physical and mechanical behavior. Featuring contributions from renowned experts, the book covers the basics of important areas in polymer physics while projecting into the future, making it a valuable resource for students and chemists, chemical engineers, materials scientists, and polymer scientists as well as professionals in related industries.

Providing a comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art advanced research in the field, Polymer Physics explores the interrelationships among polymer structure, morphology, and physical and mechanical behavior. Featuring contributions from renowned experts, the book covers the basics of important areas in polymer physics while projecting into the future, making it a valuable resource for students and chemists, chemical engineers, materials scientists, and polymer scientists as well as professionals in related industries.

Contributors ixPreface xiiiRobert Simha: A Life with Polymers 1Ivan G. Otterness and Alexander M. JamiesonPart I Rheology 151 Newtonian Viscosity of Dilute, Semidilute, and Concentrated Polymer Solutions 17Alexander M. Jamieson and Robert Simha2 Polymer and Surfactant Drag Reduction in Turbulent Flows 89Jacques L. Zakin and Wu Ge3 Nanorheology of Polymer Nanoalloys and Nanocomposites 129Ken Nakajima and Toshio Nishi4 Volume Relaxation and the Lattice-Hole Model 161Richard E. Robertson and Robert Simha5 Dynamics of Materials at the Nanoscale: Small-Molecule Liquids and Polymer Films 191Gregory B. McKennaPart II Thermodynamics 2256 Equations of State and Free-Volume Content 227Pierre Moulinié and Leszek A. Utracki7 Spatial Configuration and Thermodynamic Characteristics of Main-Chain Liquid Crystals 283Akihiro Abe and Hidemine Furuya8 Bulk and Surface Properties of Random Copolymers in View of the Simha-Somcynsky Equation ofState 323Hans-Werner Kammer and Jörg Kressler9 Physical Aging 357John (Iain) M. G. Cowie and Valeria ArrighiPart III Position Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy 39110 Morphology of Free-Volume Holes in Amorphous Polymers by Means of Positron AnnihilationLifetime Spectroscopy 393Giovanni Consolati and Fiorenza Quasso11 Local Free-Volume Distribution from PALS and Dynamics of Polymers 421Günter Dlubek12 Positron Annihilation Lifetime Studies of Free Volume in Heterogeneous Polymer Systems 473Alexander M. Jamieson, Brian G. Olson, and Sergei NazarenkoPart IV Physics of the Polymeric Nanocomposites 52313 Structure-Property Relationships of Nanocomposites 525Cyril Sender, Jean Fabien Capsal, Antoine Lonjon, Alain Bernès, Philippe Demont, Éric Dantras, Valérie Samouillan, Jany Dandurand, Colette Lacabanne, and Lydia Laffont14 Free Volume in Molten and Glassy Polymers and Nanocomposites 553Leszek A. Utracki15 Metal Particles Confined in Polymeric Matrices 605Luigi Nicolais and Gianfranco Carotenuto16 Rheology of Polymers with Nanofillers 639Leszek A. Utracki, Maryam M. Sepehr, and Pierre J. CarreauAppendix A: Abbreviations and Notations 709Appendix B: Robert Simha Publications 737Subject Index 755