The Kuhn Segment ·
Coarse-Graining a Real Chain into Freely-Jointed Links
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chain
polyethylene
Kuhn b
— nm
N links
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step
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real C–C bonds (l₀ ≈ 0.15 nm)
Kuhn segments (b ≈ 1.4 nm)
end-to-end R / contour R_max
persistence length lₚ
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