The Kinetic Theory of Dilute Solutions of Flexible Polymers: Hydrodynamic Interaction
arXiv:cond-mat/9811209 · doi:10.1016/S0169-3107(99)80039-2
Abstract
The development of a coherent conceptual basis for the treatment of non-linear microscopic phenomena, such as, hydrodynamic interaction, finite extensibility, excluded volume and internal viscosity, in molecular theories of dilute polymer solutions, is discussed. In particular, recent advances in the treatment of hydrodynamic interaction are reviewed, and the successive refinements which have ultimately led to the prediction of universal viscometric functions in theta solvents are highlighted.
arXiv comment31 pages, 1 figure, latex, To appear in: Advances in the Flow and Rheology of Non-Newtonian Fluids, D. A. Siginer, D. D. Kee, R. P Chabra, eds., Elsevier Science, 1998