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reptation: a standalone construct

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Polymer science

snake-like motion of an entangled polymer chain along a tube formed by the surrounding chains.

In polymer science, reptation refers to snake-like motion of an entangled polymer chain along a tube formed by the surrounding chains. This meaning comes from de Gennes (1971) in The Journal of Chemical Physics.[1]

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entanglement5 fields · 11 citationsjingle · one word, five constructs biased reptation1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct chain3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

de Gennes, P. G. (1971). Reptation of a Polymer Chain in the Presence of Fixed Obstacles. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 55(2), 572-579. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1675789

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