Lattice Models of Polymers (Paperback)

Preface; 1. From polymers to random walks; 2. Excluded volume and the self-avoiding walk; 3. The SAW in d=2; 4. The SAW in d=3; 5. Polymers near a surface; 6. Percolation, spanning trees and the Potts model; 7. Dense polymers; 8. Self-interacting polymers; 9. Branched polymers; 10. Polymer topology; 11. Self-avoiding surfaces; References; Index.