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Springer The Mesoscopic Theory Of Polymer Dynamics 2010 Edition by Vladimir N. Pokrovskii
I used the opportunity of this edition to correct some minor mistakes and clarify wherever it possible exposition of the theory in comparison with the previous edition of this book (Kluwer Dordrechtet cet 2000). It provokes - largement of the book though I tried to present the modern theory of thermic motion of long macromolecules in compact form. I have tried to accumulate the common heritage and to take into account di?erent approaches in the theory of dynamics of linear polymers at least to understand and make clear the importance of various ideas for explanation of relaxation phenomena in linear polymers to present recent development in the ?eld. The theory of non-equilibrium phenomena in polymer systems is based on the fundamental principles of statistical physics. However the peculiarities of thestructureandthebehaviourofthesystemsnecessitatetheimplementation of special methods and heuristic models that are di?erent from those for gases and solids so that polymer dynamics has appeared to be a special branch of physicsnow. Themonographcontainsdiscussionsofthemainprinciplesofthe theoryof slowrelaxationphenomena in linearpolymers elaborated inthe last decades.The basic model of a macromolecule which allows us a consistent explanation of di?erent relaxation phenomena (di?usion neutron scattering viscoelasticity optical birefringence) remains to be a coarse-grained or be- spring model considered in di?erent environments: viscous to describe the behaviourofdilutesolutionsorviscoelastictodescribethebehaviourofboth weakly and strongly entangled systems. Table of contents : Introduction: Macromolecular Systems in Equilibrium.- Dynamics of a Macromolecule in a Viscous Liquid.- Dynamics of a Macromolecule in an Entangled System.- Conformational Relaxation.- The Localisation Effect.- Linear Viscoelasticity.- Equations of Relaxation.- Relaxation Processes in the Phenomenological Theory.- Non-Linear Effects of Viscoelasticity.- Optical Anisotropy.