Random copolymers have (say) two co-monomers arranged in some random fashion along the polymer chain. In general the properties of the polymer will depend on the particular sequence of co-monomers (for instance a block co-polymer will behave differently to an alternating co-polymer)
but if one considers the random case then, in some circumstances, most sequences have the same properties. This is the phenomenon of self-averaging. The seminar will examine self-averaging in random co-polymers and the way in which randomness influences co-polymer adsorption and the localization of a polymer at an interface between two liquids.