U.S.-Venezuela Cooperative Research: Theory of FerroelectricRandom Copolymers

该奖项将支持聚合物动态特性的研究，包括耗散过程。该项目建立在对铁电无规共聚物平衡特性的研究基础上，该研究目前由美国国家科学基金会资助。美国调查员是凯斯西储大学的菲利普·泰勒，委内瑞拉调查员是委内瑞拉科学调查研究所（IVIC）的拉斐尔·兰格尔。平衡态中的耗散过程越来越重要。在这个项目中，Taylor在平衡过程、链分子统计力学和聚合物物理方面的经验将与Rangel在耗散过程、非平衡系统、金兹堡-朗道理论和多重分形方面的经验相结合。分析工作最初将在委内瑞拉进行，计算工作将在美国进行，俄亥俄州超级计算机中心的可用性将是有利的。

This award will support research on dynamic properties of polymers, including dissipative processes. The project builds upon research on the equilibrium properties of ferroelectric random copolymers, which is currently being funded by NSF. The U.S. investigator is Philip Taylor of Case Western Reserve University and the Venezuelan investigator is Rafael Rangel of the Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas (IVIC). Dissipative processes involved in equilibrium states are of increasing importance. In this project, Taylor's experience with equilibrium processes, statistical mechanics of chain molecules, and polymer physics will be combined with Rangel's experience with dissipative processes, non-equilibrium systems, Ginzburg-Landau theory, and multifractality. The analytical work will initially be in Venezuela and the computational work will be in the United States, where the availability of the Ohio Supercomputer Center will be advantageous.