Polymer Melts at Solid Surfaces

  1. I. Prigogine2,3,
  2. Stuart A. Rice4
  1. Arun Yethiraj

Published Online: 28 APR 2002

DOI: 10.1002/0471264318.ch2

Advances in Chemical Physics, Volume 121

Advances in Chemical Physics, Volume 121

How to Cite

Yethiraj, A. (2002) Polymer Melts at Solid Surfaces, in Advances in Chemical Physics, Volume 121 (eds I. Prigogine and S. A. Rice), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, USA. doi: 10.1002/0471264318.ch2

Editor Information

  1. 2

    Center for Studies in Statistical Mechanics and Complex Systems, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA

  2. 3

    International Solvay Institutes, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

  3. 4

    Department of Chemistry and The James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Author Information

  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 28 APR 2002
  2. Published Print: 4 JAN 2002

Book Series:

  1. Advances in Chemical Physics

Book Series Editors:

  1. I. Prigogine2,3,
  2. Stuart A. Rice4

Series Editor Information

  1. 2

    Center for Studies in Statistical Mechanics and Complex Systems, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA

  2. 3

    International Solvay Institutes, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

  3. 4

    Department of Chemistry and The James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780471205043

Online ISBN: 9780471264316

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Keywords:

  • polymers;
  • solid surfaces;
  • Monte Carlo simulations;
  • integral equation theories;
  • density functional theory

Summary

This chapter is concerned with the application of liquid state methods to the behavior of polymers at surfaces. The focus is on computer simulation and liquid state theories for the structure of continuous-space or off-lattice models of polymers near surfaces.