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
S. Shanbhag, and R.G. Larson, Macromolecules, 39:2413-2417 2006, “Identification of Topological Constraints in Entangled Polymer Melts Using the Bond-Fluctuation Model.”
Q. Zhou and R.G. Larson, Macromolecules 39:6737-6743, 2006, “Direct Calculation of the Tube Potential Confining Entangled Polymers.”
B.A. Schiamberg, L.T. Shereda, H. Hu, and R.G. Larson, J. Fluid Mech., 554:191-216 2006; “A Transitional Pathway to Elastic Turbulence in Torsional, Parallal-Plate Flow or a Polymer Solution.” Reviewed in Editor’s choice, Science 312:974 2006; “Shaking Up Viscous Fluids.”
A. Roy, A. Morozov, W. van Saarloos, and R.G. Larson, Phys. Rev. Letts., article no. 234501 2006; “Mechanism of Polymer Drag Reduction using Low-Dimensional Models.”
H. Hu and R.G. Larson, J. Phys. Chem. B, 110:7090-7094, 2006 “Marangoni Effect Reverses Coffee-Ring Depositions. ”
H. Lee, J.R. Baker Jr., and R.G. Larson, J. Phys. Chem. B, 110:4014-4019, 2006, “Molecular dynamics simulations of 0% and 90%-acetylated G5 PAMAM dendrimers in explicit water.”
S.K. Kandasamy, and R.G. Larson, Biophys. J., 90:2326-2343, 2006 “Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Model Trans-Membrane Peptides in Lipid Bilayers: A Systematic Investigation of Hydrophobic Mismatch.”
W.X. Shi and R.G. Larson, Nano Letts., 5:2476-2481 2006 “Atomic force microscopic study of aggregation of RecA-DNA nucleoprotein filaments into left-handed supercoiled bundles.”
V. Dukkipati, J.H. Kim, S.W. Pang, and R.G. Larson Nano Letts., 6:2499-2504 2006, “Protein-assisted stretching and immobilization of DNA molecules in a microchannel.”
M. Burns, R. Pal, M. Yang, R. Lin, B.N. Johnson, N. Srivastava, S.Z. Razzacki, K.J. Chomistek, D. Heldsinger, R. M. Haque, V. Ugaz, P. Thwar, Z. Chen, K. Alfano, M.-B. Yim, M. Krishnan, O. Fuller, R. Larson, D.Burke, M.A. Burns, Lab on a Chip, 5:1024-1032 2005 “An Integrated Microfluidic Device for Influenza and Other Genetic Analyses.”
S. Shanbhag and R.G. Larson, Phys. Rev. Lett., Art. No. 076001, 2005, “The Chain Retraction Potential in a Fixed Entanglement Network.”
S.J. Park and R.G. Larson, J. Rheol., 49:523-536 2005, “Modeling the Linear Viscoelastic Properties of Metallocene Catalyzed High Density Polyethylenes with Long-Chain Branching.”
Y. Heo and R.G. Larson, J. Rheol., in press 2005, “The Scaling of Zero-Shear Viscosities of Semidilute Polymer Solutions with Concentration.”
C.-C. Hsieh, S.J. Park, and R. G. Larson Macromolecules, 38:1456-1468 2005 "Brownian Dynamics Modeling of the Flow-Induced Birefringence and Chain Scission in Dilute Polymer Solutions in a Planar Cross-Slot Flow.”
L. Fang, H. Hu, and R.G. Larson, J. Rheol., 49:127-138 2005 “DNA Configurations and Concentrations in Shearing Flow Near a Glass Surface in a Microchannel.”
R.G. Larson, J. Rheol., 39:1-70 2005 The Rheology of Dilute Solutions of Flexible Polymers: Progress and Problems.”
H. Hu and R.G. Larson, Langmuir, 21:3963-3971 2005, “Analysis of the Microfluid Flow in an Evaporating Sessile Droplet.”
S.K. Kandasamy and R.G. Larson, Biophys. J., 88:1577-1592 2005 “Molecular dynamics study of the lung surfactant peptide SP-B1-25 with DPPC monolayers: Insights into interactions and peptide position and orientation.”