Flory theory for polymers.
We review various simple analytical theories for homopolymers within a unified framework. The common guideline of our approach is the Flory theory, and its various avatars, with the attempt at being reasonably self-contained. We expect this review to be useful as an introduction to the topic at the graduate student level.
Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar, 751 005, India.
Somendra M
SM
Bhattacharjee
Achille
A
Giacometti
Amos
A
Maritan
D008956:Models, Chemical; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D011789:Quantum Theory; D013816:Thermodynamics
D011108:Polymers