Title: Frustration effects in lattice models of polymers
Speaker: Prof.Damien Foster, Coventry university, UK
Venue: IOP Lecture Hall
Date: 2016-Sep-21 16:00:00
Abstract: I will start by outlining how to model dilute models of polymers on a
lattice, and introduce the concept of Universality. Concentrating on
two dimensional lattice models, I will present the use of transfer
matrix techniques and their extensions to calculating the thermodynamic
behaviour of the model as well as the main accepted results.
Whilst simple arguments lead one to believe that the behaviour of
lattice models should not depend on the fine details of the model, this
turns out not always to be the case. I will discuss a few models where the
concept of Universality appears to be broken.
