Polymer Physics

Regime-transition phenomenon, 212
Relaxation process, 98
Relaxation time, 98
Reptation model, 85
Reynolds number, 127
Rheology, 127
Rheopectic fluids, 131
Rigid amorphous polymer, 109
Rotational-isomerism-state model
(RISM), 18
Rotation angle, 17
Rouse chain, 81
Rouse equation, 81
Rouse relaxation time, 82
Row-structure, 207

S
SAW.SeeSelf-avoiding random
walk (SAW)
Scaling exponent, 43
Scaling law, 43
Scatchard-Hildebrand equation, 47
Screening effect, 51
Screening length, 52
Secondary flow, 141
Secondary nucleation, 209
Secondary transitions, 94
Second normal stress difference, 140
Second-order correction, 162
Segregation strength, 181
Self-avoiding random walk (SAW), 49
Self-consistent-field theory (SCFT), 181
Self-seeding process, 210
Semi-dilute solutions, 55
Sequence isomerism, 31
Shear thickening, 131
Shear thinning, 131
Shear-thinning phenomenon, 134
Shear viscosity, 128
Shish-kebab crystals, 207
Side-chain liquid crystal polymers, 190
Soft matter, 3
Solidification model, 201
Solubility parameter, 48
Spinnability, 139
Spinodal decomposition (SD), 171
Spinodal line, 171
Star polymers, 28
Static flexibility, 19
Steady-state compliance, 88
Steric hindrance, 21

Stick-slip transition, 143

Stiffness parameter, 21

Stirling’s approximation, 155

Stokes-Einstein relationship, 78

Stokes law, 78

Storage modulus, 105

Strain-hardening phenomenon, 138

Stress relaxation, 102

Strong liquids, 99

Strong segregation, 182

Structural isomerism, 31

Supercooling, 188

T

Telephone-switchboard model, 201

Tertiary nucleation, 209

Texture, 178

Thermal constraint release (TCR), 90

Thermoreversible gel, 45

Thermorheological complexity, 105

Thermorheological simplicity, 105

Thermotropic liquid crystal, 189

Theta point, 55

Theta solvent, 57

Theta temperature, 57

Thixotropic fluids, 131

Time-strain separability, 133

Time–temperature superposition

principle, 103

Transition-region flow, 128

Trouton’s ratio, 129

Ttype-I spherulites, 205

Tube model, 85

Turbulent flow, 128

Type-II spherulites, 206

U

Unit cell structure, 198

Unperturbed dimension, 21

Unperturbed polymer, 15

Upper critical solution temperature

(UCST), 148

V

Variable-cluster model, 201

Viscoelastic, 100

Viscoelastic fluids, 131

Viscosity-average molecular weight, 25

Vogel-Fulcher-Tamman (VFT) type, 99

244 Index