"This treatise provides a valuable perspective on theory, methodology, and selected applications of computer simulation to polymer physics and contains a unique collection of articles that will be of interest to those exploring the macroscopic behavior of macromolecules with atomistic models. The reader of this book will find it filled to the brim with timely current theory and valuable methodological details."--Journal of the American Chemical Society"This text provides the reader with important and concrete computational approaches to study complex polymer systems and is an important addition to the library of researchers in polymer physics."--American Scientist"This treatise provides a valuable perspective on theory, methodology, and selected applications of computer simulation to polymer physics and contains a unique collection of articles that will be of interest to those exploring the macroscopic behavior of macromolecules with atomistic models. The reader of this book will find it filled to the brim with timely current theory and valuable methodological details."--Journal of the American Chemical Society"This text provides the reader with important and concrete computational approaches to study complex polymer systems and is an important addition to the library of researchers in polymer physics."--American Scientist

• 1. Introduction. General Aspects of Computer Simulation Techniques and Their Applicaitons in Polymer Physics ; 2. Monte Carlo Methods for the Self-Avoiding Walk ; 3. Structure and Dynamics of Neutral and Charged Polymer Solutions: Effects of Long-Range Interactions ; 4. Entanglement Effects in Polymer Melts ; 5. Molecular Dynamics of Glassy Polymers ; 6. Monte Carlo Simulations of the Glass Transition of Polymers ; 7. Monte Carlo Studies of Polymer Blends and Block Copolymer Thermodynamics ; 9. Computer Simulations of Tethered Chains