Segment connectivity, chain-length breathing, segmental stretch, and constraint release in reptation models. I. Theory and single-step strain predictions

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 109, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 10018-10027

  Hua, Chi C ^a   Schieber, Jay D ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0001318229     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.477670     Document Type: Article

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