Polymer chain allowed to undergo
reptation along the tube created by neighbouring chains.
Note: The chain can be depicted as a connected sequence of
blobs.
Source: PAC, 2015,
87, 71. (
Definitions of terms relating to individual macromolecules, macromolecular assemblies, polymer solutions, and amorphous bulk polymers (IUPAC Recommendations 2014)) on page 106 [
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