| Description |
1 online resource (x, 255 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Methodology -- Mechanical relaxation -- Dielectric relaxation -- NMR spectroscopy -- Dynamic neutron scattering -- Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of amorphous polymers -- Amorphous polymers -- The primary transition region -- Secondary (subglass) relaxations -- The transition from melt to glass and its molecular basis -- Complex systems -- Semi-crystalline polymers -- Miscible polymer blends -- Appendix AI : the Rouse model -- Appendix AII : site models for localized relaxation. |
| Summary |
"Polymers exhibit a range of physical characteristics, from rubber-like elasticity to the glassy state. These particular properties are controlled at the molecular level by the mobility of the structural constituents. Remarkable changes in mobility can be witnessed with temperature, over narrow, well-defined regions, termed relaxation processes. This is an important, unique phenomenon controlling polymer transition behavior and is described here at an introductory level. The important types of relaxation processes from amorphous to crystalline polymers and polymeric miscible blends are covered, in conjunction with the broad spectrum of experimental methods used to study them. In-depth discussions of molecular level interpretation, including recent advances. In atomistic level computer simulations and applications to molecular mechanism elucidation, are provided. The result is a self-contained, up-to-date approach to polymeric interpretation, suitable for researchers and graduate students in materials, science, physics, and chemistry, interested in the relaxation processes of polymeric systems."--Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Polymers.
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Polymers. |
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Polymers -- Structure.
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Polymers -- Structure. |
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Molecular dynamics.
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Molecular dynamics. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic book.
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| Added Author |
Smith, Grant D.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Boyd, Richard H. (Richard Hays), 1929- Polymer dynamics and relaxation. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007 9780521814195 (DLC) 2008270050 (OCoLC)144226144 |
| ISBN |
9781107321489 (electronic book) |
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1107321484 (electronic book) |
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9780511600319 (ebook) |
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0511600313 (ebook) |
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9781107316096 |
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110731609X |
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9780521814195 |
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0521814197 |
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