CHEMENG 777
Dynamics of Polymers and Complex Fluids
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)ISBN 9780198520597
- M. Doi and S. F. Edwards, The Theory of Polymer Dynamics, Oxford, 1986 (ISBN: 978-0198520337)ISBN 9780198520337
- M. D. Graham, Microhydrodynamics, Brownian Motion, and Complex Fluids, Cam- bridge, 2018 (ISBN: 978-1107695931)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).ISBN 9780471802440
- R. B. Bird, W. E. Stewart, and E. N. Lightfoot, Transport Phenomena, 2nd edn. (revised), Wiley, 2006 (ISBN: 978-0470115398).ISBN 9780470115398
- W. M. Dean, Analysis of Transport Phenomena, Oxford, 1st edition, 1998 (ISBN 9780195084948), or 2nd edition, 2012 (ISBN 9780199740284).
- M. Doi, Introduction to Polymer Physics, Oxford, 1996 (ISBN: 978-0198517894).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).ISBN 9781569906118
- T. C. B. McLeish, “Tube theory of entangled polymer dynamics”, Advances in Physics 51, 1379–1527 (2002), DOI 10.1080/00018730210153216.
- 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.
- Modules 1–2 use Rubinstein and Colby; modules 3–4 primarily use Doi and Edwards, and Graham.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- Campus Store (short title) ↗
- Campus Store reading list ↗Winter 2026
- Course outline / syllabus ↗Winter 2026