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Nonlinear dynamics in polymeric systems
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ACS symposium series ; 869
Publication Information:
Washington, DC : American Chemical Society, 2004
ISBN:
9780841238503

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Summary

Despite the great strides in nonlinear dynamics over the past 40 years, applying nonlinear dynamics to polymeric systems has not received much attention. This book addresses this absence by covering present theory, modeling, and experiments of nonlinear dynamics in polymeric systems. Oscillating chemical reactions, propagating fronts, far-from equilibrium pattern formation, Turing structures, and chaos are but some of the exotic phenomena discussed in this book.

The book is divided into six sections. The first section introduces nonlinear dynamics and shows how polymeric systems exhibit comparable phenomena. The second section addresses phenomena in gels in which mechanical effects can be important. Coupling gels and chemistry allow some new phenomena and potentially useful devices. The third section reviews frontal polymerization and includes chapters on new chemistry and new modeling. The fourth section focuses on interfacial systems, including polymer-like surfactant systems, laser excited systems, and dewetting phenomena. Phase separation is discussed in the fifth section. Finally, oscillating reactions-the prototypical nonlinear chemical dynamical systems-close the book.


Author Notes

John A. Pojman is at University of Southern Mississippi. Qui Tran-Cong-Miyata is at Kyoto Institute of Technology.


Table of Contents

Irving R. Epstein and John A. Pojman and Qui Tran-Cong-MiyataTomohiko Yamaguchi and Nobuhiko Suematsu and Hitoshi MaharaRyo Yoshida and Takamasa Sakai and Shoji Ito and Tomohiko YamaguchiAnish P. Dhanarajan and Jon Urban and Ronald A. SiegelP. Borckmans and K. Benyaich and A. De Wit and G. DewelColin J. Crook and Ashley Cadby and Andrew Smith and Richard A. L. Jones and Anthony J. RyanF. Gauffre and V. Labrot and J. Boissonade and P. De KepperStefan C. MullerJohn A. Pojman and Sammy Popwell and Dionne I. Fortenberry and Vitaly A. Volpert and Vladimir A. VolpertAlberto Mariani and Stefano Fiori and Giulio Malucelli and Silvia Pincin and Laura Ricco and Saverio RussoKouichi Asakura and Eisuke Nihei and Hirokazu Harasawa and Akihito Ikumo and Shuichi OsanaiD. M. G. Comissiong and L. K. Gross and V. A. VolpertAlain Pumir and Viktor V. Barelko and Igor M. Barkalov and Dmitriy P. KiryukhinLydia L. Lewis and Cynthia A. DeBisschop and John A. Pojman and Vladimir A. VolpertYuji Asano and Akitaka Hoshino and Hideki Miyaji and Yoshihisa Miyamoto and Koji FukaoOlaf Karthaus and Kazuaki Kaga and Junji Sato and Shigeya Kurimura and Kiyoshi Okamoto and Toshiro ImaiH. Masuhara and T. Tada and T. MasubuchiMark BuchananJai A. Pathak and Erin Robertson and Steven D. Hudson and Kalman B. MiglerMasami KawaguchiYoav TsoriQui Tran-Cong-Miyata and Shinsuke Nishigami and Shinsuke Yoshida and Tetsuo Ito and Kazuhiro Ejiri and Tomohisa NorisuyeRenato Lombardo and Carmelo Sbriziolo and Maria L. Turco Liveri and Krisztina Pelle and Maria Wittmann and Zoltan NoszticziusGeorgia Papavasiliou and Fouad Teymour
Prefacep. xi
Background
1. Nonlinear Dynamics and Polymeric Systems: An Overviewp. 2
2. Self-Organization of Hierarchy: Dissipative-Structure Assisted Self-Assembly of Metal Nanoparticles in Polymer Matricesp. 16
Gels
3. Synchronization of Self-Oscillation in Polymer Chains and the Cross-Linked Networkp. 30
4. A Model for a Hydrogel-Enzyme Chemomechanical Oscillatorp. 44
5. A Model for Self-Oscillating Miniaturized Gelsp. 58
6. Measurement of Force Produced by a pH-Responsive Hydrogel in a pH Oscillatorp. 71
7. Spontaneous Deformations in Polymer Gels Driven by Chemomechanical Instabilitiesp. 80
8. Pattern Formation in a Complex Reaction System by Chemomechanical Couplingp. 94
Frontal Polymerization
9. Nonlinear Dynamics in Frontal Polymerizationp. 106
10. Recent Chemical Advances in Frontal Polymerizationp. 121
11. Spontaneous Frontal Polymerization: Propagating Front Spontaneously Generated by Locally Autoaccelerated Free-Radical Polymerizationp. 135
12. Bifurcation Analysis of Polymerization Frontsp. 147
13. "Cold" Ignition of Combustionlike Waves of Cryopolymerization and Other Reactions in Solidsp. 160
14. Evolution of Isothermal Polymerization Fronts via Laser Line Deflection and Predictive Modelingp. 169
Interfacial Systems
15. Pattern Formation by Rim Instability in Dewetting Polymer Thin Filmsp. 186
16. Hierarchic Mesoscopic Patterns of Dye Aggregates in Self-Organized Dewetted Filmsp. 199
17. Nanometer Expansion and Contraction Dynamics of Polymer Films Induced by Nanosecond Laser Excitationp. 212
18. Nonlinear Dynamics in Surfactant Systemsp. 226
19. Droplet Microstructure and String Stability in Sheared Emulsions: Role of Finite-Size Effectsp. 236
20. Viscous Fingering of Silica Suspensions Dispersed in Polymer Fluidsp. 250
Phase Separation
21. Controlled Pattern Formation in Some Block Copolymer Systemsp. 264
22. Phase Separation of Polymer Blends Driven by Temporally and Spatially Periodic Forcingp. 276
Oscillatory Systems
23. Perturbation of the Oscillatory Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction with Polyethylene Glycolp. 292
24. Nonlinear Dynamics in Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor Polymerizationp. 309
Indexes
Author Indexp. 327
Subject Indexp. 329