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Stuart Whittington is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto, specializing in statistical mechanics and the study of lattice models, particularly as they relate to the configurational statistical properties of polymers. He has a keen interest in understanding collapse transitions and adsorption transitions of linear and branched polymers, employing a mixture of rigorous statistical mechanics and Monte Carlo methods. His research often focuses on copolymers, and he explores concepts of self-averaging in random copolymers, investigating how varying random distributions of comonomers affect their thermodynamic behavior. Additionally, Professor Whittington is currently examining how polymers respond to applied forces, such as in AFM experiments where polymers are subjected to geometrical constraints. He is also interested in developing methods to characterize the complexity of entanglements in polymers across different states, including dilute solutions, concentrated solutions, and melts, addressing issues related to knotting, linking, and the geometrical properties of writhe.
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