Books
Structure and Rheology of Molten Polymers: From Structure to Flow Behavior and Back Again, Hanser Gardner (2006)(Errata-PDF)
Constitutive Equations for Polymer Melts and Solutions , Out of Print, photocopied versions can be ordered by email for a $20 fee for photocopy expenses from Ron Larson at rlarson@engin.umich.edu
(Errata-PDF)
The Structure and Rheology of Complex Fluids , Oxford University Press (1999)
(Errata-PDF)
Recent Journal Publications
L.T. Shereda, R.G. Larson, and M.J. Solomon, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101:038301; “Local Stress Control of Spatiotemporal Ordering of Colloidal Crystals in Complex Flows.”
Watari, M. Doi, and R.G. Larson, Phys. Rev. E, 78:011801 2008 "Fluidic trapping of deformable polymers in micro-flows."
Z.W. Wang and R.G. Larson Macromolecules 41:4945-4960 2008 “Constraint Release in Entangled Binary Blends of Linear Polymers: A Molecular Dynamics Study.”
M.S. Rahman, R. Aggarwal, R.G. Larson, J.M. Dealy, and J. Mays, Macromolecules, 41:8225-8230 2008, “Synthesis and Dilute Solution Properties of Well-Defined H-Shaped Polybutadienes.”
X. Chen, and R.G. Larson, Macromolecules 41:6871-6872 2008 “Effect of Branch Point Position on the Linear Rheology of Asymmetric Star Polymers.”
Y. Heo, and R.G. Larson, Macromolecules, 41:8903-8915 2008, “Universal Scaling of Linear and Nonlinear Rheological Properties of Semi-Dilute and Concentrated Polymer Solutions.”
S.L. Duncan, and R.G. Larson Biophys. J., 94:2965-2986, 2008 “Comparing Experimental and Simulated Pressure-Area Isotherms for DPPC.”
L. Monticelli, S.K. Kandasamy, X. Periole, R.G. Larson, D.P. Tieleman, and S.J. Marrink, J. Chem. Theory and Computation, 4:819-834 2008 “The MARTINI Coarse-Grained Force Field: Extension to Proteins.”
H. Lee and R.G. Larson, J. Phys. Chem. B 112:7778-7784 2008, “Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Studies of the Concentration and Size Dependence of Fifth- and Seventh-Generation PAMAM Dendrimers on Pore Formation in DMPC Bilayer.”
H. Lee and R.G. Larson, J. Phys. Chem. B 112:12279-12285 2008, “Lipid Bilayer Curvature and Pore Formation Induced by Charged Linear Polymers and Dendrimers: The Effect of Molecular Shape.”
S.P. Holleran and R.G. Larson, Macromolecules 41:5042-5054 2008 “Multiple Regimes of Collision of an Electrophoretically Translating Polymer Chain Against a Thin Post.”
S. Jain and R.G. Larson, Macromolecules 41:3692-3700 2008 “Effects of Bending and Torsional Potentials on High-Frequency Viscoelasticity of Dilute Polymer Solutions.”