Structure and Dynamics of Polymers: From Bulk Solutions to Single Polymer Translocation

Guo, Lei

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Title:	Structure and Dynamics of Polymers: From Bulk Solutions to Single Polymer Translocation
Author(s):	Guo, Lei
Doctoral Committee Chair(s):	Luijten, Erik
Department / Program:	Materials Science and Engineering
Discipline:	Materials Science and Engineering
Degree Granting Institution:	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree:	Ph.D.
Genre:	Dissertation
Subject(s):	Engineering, Materials Science
Abstract:	The thesis is organized as follows. Chapter 1 introduces some basic concepts of polymers, which are necessary for understanding the studies in the following chapters. Chapter 2 studies the critical phase transition in ternary polymer solutions. Chapter 3 studies the sol-gel transition of triblock copolymers. Chapter 4 and 5 investigate the translocation of a single polymer through a nanopore, focusing on the polymer translocation dynamics under external driving forces and the distribution of ions and water molecules inside (polarizable) nanopores, respectively.
Issue Date:	2006
Type:	Text
Language:	English
Description:	98 p. Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006.
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/2142/82802
Other Identifier(s):	(MiAaPQ)AAI3269908
Date Available in IDEALS:	2015-09-25
Date Deposited:	2006