Reptation · Snaking Through a Tube
unseel.com · de Gennes 1971 · Doi–Edwards · τd ∝ N³
Contour L ∝ N
τd ∝ N³ 0%
State
Primitive chain (beads)
Confining tube (a ≈ 8 nm)
Neighbor entanglements
Escaped / renewed contour
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