Porous polymer and copolymer membranes are useful for ultrafiltration of functional
macromolecules, colloids, and water purification. In particular, block copolymer membranes …

Spinodal decomposition is regarded as small composition fluctuations over a large space,
while a classical nucleation process is categorized by large composition fluctuations over a …

There is notable discrepancy between experiments and coarse-grained model studies
regarding the thermodynamic driving force in polyelectrolyte complex coacervation …

The Equilibrium Theory of Inhomogeneous Polymers provides an introduction to the field-
theoretic methods and computer simulation techniques that are used in the design of …

Polymer materials are multiscale systems by definition. Already the description of a single
macromolecule involves a multitude of scales, and cooperative processes in polymer …

The complexation of mixtures of cationic and anionic polymers to produce complex-
coacervate phases is a subject of fundamental importance to colloid and polymer science as …

The study of the conformation properties of macromolecules is at the heart of polymer
science. Essentially all physical properties of polymers are manifestations of the underlying …

We address the issue of the self energy of the mobile ions in electrolyte solutions within a
general Gaussian renormalized fluctuation theory using a field-theoretic approach. We …

Ion-containing block copolymers are of interest for applications such as electrolytes in
rechargeable lithium batteries. The addition of salt to these materials is necessary to make …

The description of fluctuations by single chain in mean field (SCMF) simulations is discussed
and the results of this particle-based self-consistent field technique are quantitatively …