Coarse graining dendritic macromolecules: from conformations to phase behaviour [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Ingo O. Götze

Coarse-grainingDendritic Macromolecules:from Conformationsto Phase BehaviourI n a u g u r a l - D i s s e r t a t i o nzurErlangung des Doktorgrades derMathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakult¨atder Heinrich-Heine-Universit¨at Dusseldorf¨vorgelegt von¨INGO O. GOTZEaus NeussDusseldorf,¨ 13. Mai 2005Gedruckt mit der Genehmigung derMathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakult¨atder Heinrich-Heine-Universit¨at Dusseldorf¨Referent: Prof. C. N. Likos, Ph.D.Korreferenten: Prof. Dr. R. EggerProf. Dr. G. GompperTag der mundlic¨ hen Prufung:¨ 27.06.2005This thesis is based on the following original papers:Chapter 3Conformations of Flexible Dendrimers: A Simulation StudyG¨otze, I. O.; Likos, C. N. Macromolecules 2003, 36, 8189.Chapter 4 and AppendixTunable effective interactions between dendritic macromoleculesG¨otze, I. O.; Harreis, H. M.; Likos, C. N. J. Chem. Phys. 2004, 120, 7761.Chapter 5Microscopic and coarse-grained correlation functions of concentrated dendrimer so-lutionsG¨otze, I. O.; Likos, C. N. J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 2005, 17, S1777.Chapter 6Macro-phase and Micro-phase Separation in Dendrimer MixturesG¨otze, I. O.; Archer, A. J.; Likos, C. N. J. Chem. Phys. 2005 in preparation.