Acta Physica Polonica B

Vol. 36, No. 5, May 2005, page 1595


Diffusion in Glassy Polymers --- from Random Walks to Partial Differential Equations

Z.J. Grzywna, J.K. Stolarczyk

1D diffusion in glassy polymers with no stresses considered explicitly is studied. A class of different uncorrelated and correlated random walks (RW), described by suitable master equations, is presented. The limiting processes which lead to the set of partial differential equations (PDEs) of parabolic and hyperbolic types generating the ``travelling waves'' solutions are discussed. Finally, some numerical solutions addressed to diffusion in glassy polymers are discussed.

PACS numbers: 05.40.Fb, 05.10.Ge



 
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