Hauptseminar Theorie und Simulation der weichen Materie WS 2014/2015/Theory of polymer dynamics: Rouse- vs. Zimm regime (Hydrodynamic interactions)

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Date

Topic

Theory of polymer dynamics: Rouse- vs. Zimm regime (Hydrodynamic interactions)

Speaker

Henri Menke

Tutor

Jens Smiatek

Contents

• Description of Polymer Dynamics with and without hydrodynamic interactions
• Theory of hydrodynamic interactions
• Oseen-Tensor
• Stokes equation
• Comparison between Polymer Dynamics with and without hydrodynamic interactions

Literature

• M Doi and S F Edwards.
  "The theory of polymer dynamics".
  Oxford Science Publications, 1986.
  
• Jr. Prince E. Rouse.
  "A Theory of the Linear Viscoelastic Properties of Dilute Solutions of Coiling Polymers".
  The Journal of Chemical Physics 21(7)(1272–1280), 1953.
  [PDF] (740 KB)
• B. H. Zimm.
  "Dynamics of Polymer Molecules in Dilute Solution: Viscoelasticity, Flow Birefringence and Dielectric Loss".
  The Journal of Chemical Physics 24(2)(269–278), 1956.
  [PDF] (723 KB)
• Ermak, Donald L and McCammon, JA.
  "Brownian dynamics with hydrodynamic interactions".
  The Journal of Chemical Physics 69(1352), 1978.
  [PDF] (928 KB)