persistence length

in polymers
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.P04515
The average projection of the end-to-end vector on the tangent to the chain contour at a chain end in the limit of infinite @C00956@. The persistence length (symbol a) is the basic characteristic of the @W06692@.
Source:
Purple Book, 1st ed., p. 51 [Terms] [Book]
Citation: 'persistence length' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 3rd ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2006. Online version 3.0.1, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.P04515 RIS BibTex EndNote
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