Reptation Theory is a theoretical model in polymer physics that describes the dynamics of entangled polymer chains by likening their motion through a network of topological constraints to the snake-like diffusion of a tube.
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Reptation Model
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A theory crack healing in polymers
R. P. Wool, Kevin O’Connor · Journal of Applied Physics · 1981 · 1.1K citations
Tube theory of entangled polymer dynamics
Tom McLeish · Advances In Physics · 2002 · 886 citations
Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Physics +17
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Paris, France
16 h-index
43 publications
2.4K citations
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
Mainz, Germany
12 h-index
26 publications
2.5K citations
Institut Charles Sadron
Strasbourg, France
11 h-index
26 publications
618 citations
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Jülich, Germany
10 h-index
28 publications
2.7K citations
Xerox (Canada)
Toronto, Canada
9 h-index
23 publications
2.2K citations
ETH Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland
9 h-index
13 publications
740 citations
Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, United States
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17 publications
756 citations
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
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27 publications
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- Macromolecules
45 publications · 5K citations
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- Physical Review Letters
PRL · 32 publications · 3.6K citations
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- The Journal of Chemical Physics
34 publications · 2.3K citations
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- Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics
PRE · 14 publications · 419 citations
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- Biopolymers
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