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Monte Carlo Simulations of Polymer Systems

Kurt BinderKurt Binder

subject

Condensed Matter::Soft Condensed MatterHybrid Monte CarloPhysicsMonte Carlo methodDynamic Monte Carlo methodPolymer physicsMonte Carlo method in statistical physicsStatistical physicsKinetic Monte CarloParallel temperingMonte Carlo molecular modeling

description

The impact of Monte Carlo “computer experiments” in polymer physics is described, emphasizing three examples taken from the author’s research group. The first example is a test of the classical Flory—Huggins theory for polymer mixtures, including a discussion of cricital phenomena. Also “technical aspects” of such simulations (“grand-canonical” ensemble, finite—size scaling, etc.) are explained briefly. The second example refers to configurational statistics and dynamics of chains confined to cylindrical tubes; the third example deals with the adsorption of polymers at walls. These simulations check scaling concepts developed along the lines of de Gennes.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
1988-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-93400-1_10