Polymer Physics

Contributors.
Preface.
Robert Simha: A Life with Polymers (Ivan G. Oterness andAlexander M. Jamieson).
PART I Rheology.
1 Newtonian Viscosity of Dilute, Semidilute and ConcentratedPolymer Solutions (Alexander M. Jamieson and RobertSimha).
2 Polymer and Surfactant Drag Reduction in Turbulent Flows(Jacques L. Zakin and Wu Ge).
3 Nanorheology of Polymer Nanoalloys and Nanocomposites (KenNakajima amd Toshio Nishi).
4 Volume Relaxation and the Lattice-Hole Model (Richard E.Robertson and Robert Simha).
5 Dynamics of Materials at the Nanoscale: Small-Molecule Liquidsand Polymer Films (Gregory B. McKenna).
PART II Thermodynamics.
6 Equations of State and Free-Volume Content (PierreMoulinié and Leszek A. Utracki).
7 Spatial Configuration and Thermodynamic Characteristics ofMain-Chain Liquid Crystals (Akihiro Abe and HidemineFuruya).
8 Bulk and Surface Properties of Random Copolymers in View ofSimha-Somcynsky Equation of State (Hans-Werner Kammer andJörg Kressler).
9 Physical Aging (John (Iain) M. G. Cowie and V.Arrighi).
PART III: Position Annihilation LifetimeSpectroscopy.
10 Morphology of Free-Volume Holes in Amorphous Polymers byMeans of Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy (GiovanniConsolati and Fiorenza Quasso).
11 Local Free-Volume Distribution from PALS and Dynamics ofPolymers (Günter Dlubek).
12 Positron Annihilation Lifetime Studies of Free Volume inHeterogeneous Polymer Systems (Alexander M. Jamieson, Brian G.Olson, Sergei Nazarenko).
PART IV Physics of the Polymeric Nanocomposites.
13 Structure-Property Relationships of Nanocomposites(Cyril Sender, Jean Fabien Capsal, Antoine Lonjon, AlainBernès, Philippe Demont, Éric Dantras, ValérieSamouillan, Jany Dandurand, Colette Lacabanne and LydiaLaffont).
14 Free Volume in Molten and Glassy Polymers and Nanocomposites(Leszek A. Utracki).
15 Metal Particles Confined in Polymeric Matrices (LuigiNicolais and Gianfranco Carotenuto).
16 Rheology of Polymers with Nano-Fillers (Leszek A. Utracki,Maryam M. Sepehr, and Pierre J. Carreau).
Appendix A: Nomenclature and Symbols.
Appendix B: Robert Simha Publications.
Subject Index.