Date of Award
1992
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Abstract
The interaction of branched polymers with an adsorption surface is studied using rigorous and numerical methods. For a polymer network with a fixed topology and consisting of self-avoiding chains, we prove that the reduced free energy is the same as that for self-avoiding walks interacting with a surface. For a network modelled by a lattice animal, we prove that a phase transition exists when such an animal interacts with a surface. The transition points are numerically studied by one and two variable Pade approximants. A number of rigorous results for the statistics of lattice animals are also obtained.
Recommended Citation
Zhao, Dongming, "Lattice Statistics Of Polymer Adsorption" (1992). Digitized Theses. 2171.
https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/digitizedtheses/2171