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"... Giant molecules are important in our everyday life. But, as
pointed out by the authors, they are also associated with a
culture. What Bach did with the harpsichord, Kuhn and Flory did
with polymers. We owe a lot of thanks to those who now make this
music accessible ..."Pierre-Gilles de Gennes Nobel Prize laureate
in Physics (Foreword for the 1st Edition, March 1996)This book
describes the basic facts, concepts and ideas of polymer physics in
simple, yet scientifically accurate, terms. In both scientific and
historic contexts, the book shows how the subject of polymers is
fascinating, as it is behind most of the wonders of living cell
machinery as well as most of the newly developed materials. No
mathematics is used in the book beyond modest high school algebra
and a bit of freshman calculus, yet very sophisticated concepts are
introduced and explained, ranging from scaling and reptations to
protein folding and evolution. The new edition includes an extended
section on polymer preparation methods, discusses knots formed by
molecular filaments, and presents new and updated materials on such
contemporary topics as single molecule experiments with DNA or
polymer properties of proteins and their roles in biological
evolution.
1 V.O. Aseyev, H. Tenhu, F. Winnik: Temperature Dependence of the
Colloidal Stability of Neutral Amphiphilic Polymers in Water.- 2
V.I. Lozinsky: Approaches to Chemical Synthesis of Protein-Like
Copolymers.- 3 S.I. Kuchanov, A.R. Khokhlov: Role of Physical
Factors in the Processes of Obtaining of Copolymers.- 4 A.Y.
Grosberg, A.R. Khokhlov: After-Action of the Ideas of I.M. Lifshitz
in Polymer and Biopolymer Physics.-
1 V.O. Aseyev, H. Tenhu, F. Winnik: Temperature Dependence of the
Colloidal Stability of Neutral Amphiphilic Polymers in Water.- 2
V.I. Lozinsky: Approaches to Chemical Synthesis of Protein-Like
Copolymers.- 3 S.I. Kuchanov, A.R. Khokhlov: Role of Physical
Factors in the Processes of Obtaining of Copolymers.- 4 A.Y.
Grosberg, A.R. Khokhlov: "After-Action" of the Ideas of O.M.
Lifshitz in Polymer and Biopolymer Physics.-
The present volume includes most of the material of the invited
lectures delivered at the NATO Advanced Study Institute
"Morphogenesis through the interplay of nonlinear chemical
instabilities and elastic active media" held from 2th to 14th July
2007 at the Institut d'Etudes Scientifiques de Cargese (http:
//www.iesc.univ-corse.fr/), in Corsica (France). This traditional
place to organize Summer Schools and Workshops in a well equipped
secluded location at the border of the Mediterranean sea has, over
many years now, earned an increasing deserved reputation.
Non-linear dynamics of non equilibrium systems has worked its way
into a great number of fields and plays a key role in the
understanding of se- organization and emergence phenomena in
domains as diverse as chemical reactors, laser physics, fluid
dynamics, electronic devices and biological morphogenesis. In the
latter case, the viscoelastic properties of tissues are also known
to play a key role. The control and formulation of soft responsive
or "smart" materials has been a fast growing field of material
science, specially in the area of po- mer networks, due to their
growing applications in bio-science, chemical sensors, intelligent
microfluidic devices, ... . Nature is an important p- vider of
active materials whether at the level of tissues or at that of s-
cellular structures. As a consequence, the fundamental
understanding of the physical mechanisms at play in responsive
materials also shines light in the understanding of biological
artefacts."
This text presents an introduction to the field of statistical
physics of macromolecules, from the basic concepts to modern
achievements. Applications in various fields of polymer physical
chemistry and molecular biophysics are also covered, as are: the
fundamentals of statistical theory of polymer solutions and melts;
classical, sealing and renormalization group approaches; the main
ideas of statistical theories of polymer liquid crystals, polymer
networks and polyelectrolytes; dynamic viscoelastic behavior of
polymer systems; models of house, Zimm and reptation concepts; and
specific features of main biopolymers - DNA and proteins. This
English edition also includes sections describing the most
important recent advances such as: statistical theory of DNA
gel-electrophoresis, polymers at interfaces, and dynamics of
concentrated solutions of rigid polymers.
The present volume includes most of the material of the invited
lectures delivered at the NATO Advanced Study Institute
"Morphogenesis through the interplay of nonlinear chemical
instabilities and elastic active media" held from 2th to 14th July
2007 at the Institut d'Etudes Scientifiques de Cargese (http:
//www.iesc.univ-corse.fr/), in Corsica (France). This traditional
place to organize Summer Schools and Workshops in a well equipped
secluded location at the border of the Mediterranean sea has, over
many years now, earned an increasing deserved reputation.
Non-linear dynamics of non equilibrium systems has worked its way
into a great number of fields and plays a key role in the
understanding of se- organization and emergence phenomena in
domains as diverse as chemical reactors, laser physics, fluid
dynamics, electronic devices and biological morphogenesis. In the
latter case, the viscoelastic properties of tissues are also known
to play a key role. The control and formulation of soft responsive
or "smart" materials has been a fast growing field of material
science, specially in the area of po- mer networks, due to their
growing applications in bio-science, chemical sensors, intelligent
microfluidic devices, ... . Nature is an important p- vider of
active materials whether at the level of tissues or at that of s-
cellular structures. As a consequence, the fundamental
understanding of the physical mechanisms at play in responsive
materials also shines light in the understanding of biological
artefacts."
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