Overview
- No other advanced textbook on polymer physics available
- Books called "polymer physics" are either for polymer chemists or engineers
- Strobl's book presents "concepts" whereas others focus on theoretical aspects or methods
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Polymer physics is a key part of macromolecular science. This textbook presents the elements of this important branch of materials science in the style of a series of lecture. The main focus lays on the concepts, rather than on experimental techniques and theoretical methods. Written for graduate students of physics, materials science and chemical engineering, as well as for researchers in academia and industry entering this field, the book introduces and discusses the basic phenomena that lead to the peculiar physical properties of polymeric systems.
After more than ten years since the first printing, the time had come for a revision and expansion of the book's contents. In addition to numerous minor modifications, this third edition includes some major changes: (i) A newly written chapter deals with conjugated polymers. The physical basis of the characteristic electro-optic response is explained, and the spectacular electrical conduction properties of conjugated polymers created by doping are discussed. (ii) Polyelectrolyte solutions with their special properties caused by Coulomb forces are newly treated in different chapters of the book dealing with ordering phenomena, viscous effects and the superswelling of gels. (iii) Since the basic understanding of melt crystallization has greatly changed during the last decade, the corresponding chapter was rewritten. It presents the new findings and interprets the discovered laws.
Reviews
From the reviews:
"Physicists wanting to learn about the fundamentals of polymers would find the book very interesting and informative." IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine
From Amazom.com reviews --
"5 Stars surely this book is excellent", January 11, 2005
"For graduate students in polymer science, especially polymer physics, I always have two books to recommend: Polymer Physics by Rubinstein and Colby, and this book by Strobl."
"5 Stars A comprehensive polymer physics book!", January 2, 2003
"This is a comprehensive polymer physics book, each chapter is well written with adequate depth of coverage. Most definitely the book one must pick to delve into dynamics, thermodynamics, scattering and crystallization, and get to the level of appreciating the complexity and beauty of current research and understanding in the field of polymer physics. Highly recommended"
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Physics of Polymers
Book Subtitle: Concepts for Understanding Their Structures and Behavior
Authors: Gert Strobl
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68411-4
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-25278-8Published: 15 February 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-06449-4Published: 12 February 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-68411-4Published: 02 August 2007
Edition Number: 3
Number of Pages: XIV, 518
Number of Illustrations: 295 b/w illustrations
Topics: Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering, Polymer Sciences, Condensed Matter Physics, Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices