This Symposium brings together two fields of science that have, until recently, interacted only relatively rarely. The central role of polymer science in understanding the substances of modern life and, indeed, of life itself is obvious. Nonlinear dynamics is a newer science, but one that has afforded important insights into phenomena in chemistry, physics, mathematics, biology, geology, and even the social sciences. Perhaps because so much of polymer science occurs in an industrial context, where nonlinear behavior such as chaos is typically seen as something to be avoided, even at the cost of suboptimal operating conditions, the amount of cross-fertilization between these areas has been limited. This week, we will learn about the progress that has been made in unveiling and exploiting the nonlinear dynamical aspects of polymer systems.

Nonlinear dynamics and polymer systems: An overview

255th National Meeting (2018)

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