Lattice Statistics Of Polymer Adsorption

The interaction of branched polymers with an adsorption surface is studied using rigorous and numerical methods. For a polymer network with a fixed topology and consisting of self-avoiding chains, we prove that the reduced free energy is the same as that for self-avoiding walks interacting with a surface. For a network modelled by a lattice animal, we prove that a phase transition exists when such an animal interacts with a surface. The transition points are numerically studied by one and two variable Pade approximants. A number of rigorous results for the statistics of lattice animals are also obtained.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph D

Year dc:date.issued

1992

Author dc:creator

• Zhao, Dongming

• Mathematics
• --Chemistry
• Polymer
• --Statistics

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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14721/17526

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:uwo.scholaris.ca:20.500.14721/17526