Models for Polymeric and Anisotropic Liquids

Senior Researcher at Polymer Physics, ETH Zürich, since 1997 Lecturer at the Institute of Theoretical Physics, Technical University Berlin, 2001-2005 Director Beowulf-Cluster ETH Zürich, since 1997 Editor-in-Chief international journal Applied Rheology, since 1998 Recipient of several scientific awards (Carl-Ramsauer, Kurt Ueberreiter, Rheology Prize), Member of several physical and rheological societies, Referee for National Science Foundations, and several publishers.Project leader in priority program 'Colloidal magnetic fluids' and several special research areas (Smoothed particle dynamics, elementary friction processes, anisotropic fluids, mesoscopically organized composites) of the German Research Foundation

• Simpler Models for Polymeric Liquids Far from Equilibrium.- Dumbbell Model for Dilute and Semi-Dilute Solutions.- Chain Model for Dilute Solutions.- Chain Model for Concentrated Solutions and Melts.- Chain Models for Transient and Semiflexible Structures.- Primitive Path Models.- Elongated Particle Models.

From the reviews: "The book reviews the rheological models for polymeric liquids or more generally liquids exhibiting anisotropy. ... it mainly addresses to people well introduced in the subject. On the other hand, it manages to illustrate many different aspects of this complex theory in little more than two hundred pages." (Antonio Fasano, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1102 (4), 2007)