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CHEMENG 777

Dynamics of Polymers and Complex Fluids

Graduate

Winter 2026

Topics

  • Fundamentals of polymer dynamics and
  • More generally
  • Non-equilibrium phenomena in soft matter
  • Typical
  • Dynamics of polymers
  • Gels
  • Glassy liquids
  • Surfactants
  • Colloids
  • Liquid crystals
  • Flowing complex fluids
  • Both classical theories
  • Current research trends

Readings

  • M. Rubinstein and R. H. Colby, Polymer Physics, Oxford, 2003 (ISBN: 978-0198520597)
    required
    ISBN 9780198520597
  • M. Doi and S. F. Edwards, The Theory of Polymer Dynamics, Oxford, 1986 (ISBN: 978-0198520337)
    recommended
    ISBN 9780198520337
  • M. D. Graham, Microhydrodynamics, Brownian Motion, and Complex Fluids, Cam- bridge, 2018 (ISBN: 978-1107695931)
    recommended
    ISBN 9781107695931
  • R. B. Bird, C. F. Curtiss, R. C. Armstrong, and O. Hassager, Dynamics of Polymeric Liquids: Vol 2 Kinetic Theory, 2nd edn., Wiley, 1987 (ISBN: 978-0471802440).
    2nd edn · unspecified
    ISBN 9780471802440
  • R. B. Bird, W. E. Stewart, and E. N. Lightfoot, Transport Phenomena, 2nd edn. (revised), Wiley, 2006 (ISBN: 978-0470115398).
    2nd edn · unspecified
    ISBN 9780470115398
  • W. M. Dean, Analysis of Transport Phenomena, Oxford, 1st edition, 1998 (ISBN 9780195084948), or 2nd edition, 2012 (ISBN 9780199740284).
    W. M. Dean · 1st (1998) or 2nd (2012) · unspecified
  • M. Doi, Introduction to Polymer Physics, Oxford, 1996 (ISBN: 978-0198517894).
    unspecified
    ISBN 9780198517894
  • J. M. Dealy, D. J. Read, and R. G. Larson, Structure and Rheology of Molten Poly- mers: From Structure to Flow Behavior and Back Again, revised edn., Hanser, 2018 (ISBN: 978-1569906118); also see the first edition, 2006 (ISBN: 978-3446217713).
    first edition · unspecified
    ISBN 9781569906118
  • T. C. B. McLeish, “Tube theory of entangled polymer dynamics”, Advances in Physics 51, 1379–1527 (2002), DOI 10.1080/00018730210153216.
    See source
  • L. Xi, “Molecular simulation for predicting the rheological properties of polymer melts”, Molecular Simulation 45, 1242–1264 (source lists 2018), DOI 10.1080/08927022.2019.1605600.
    See source
  • Modules 1–2 use Rubinstein and Colby; modules 3–4 primarily use Doi and Edwards, and Graham.
    See source
Sources