Presidential Young Investigator Award

本次PYI奖的研究将在理论聚合物物理学的两个领域进行：(1)聚合物共混物和溶液的统计，以及(2)拓扑受限环境下长聚合物链的动力学。在第一个领域，人们正在研究平衡微相、它们的形态和微相转变的动力学。其他研究将包括与线性聚合物或溶剂的网络共混物的分离，以及均聚物共混的统计和动力学。计算机模拟和分析方法将用于研究聚合物链的动力学。

For this PYI award research will be conducted in two areas of theoretical polymer physics: (1) the statistics of polymer blends and solutions, and (2) the dynamics of long polymer chains in topologically restricted environments. In the first area studies are underway on equilibrium microphases, their morphology and the dynamics of microphase transitions. Other studies will include segregation in blends of network with linear polymers or solvent, and homopolymer blend statistics and dynamics. Computer simulations and analytic methods will be used to study the dynamics of polymer chains.