Polymer Theory 1, Entropy Elasticity, Collapse
- Polymers are long covalently bonded macromolecules, with N>>1 monomers
- Biological polymers: Polynucleotides, polypeptides, polysaccharides
- Homopolymers, heteropolymers
- Artificial polymers, e.g (-CHH-)N
- How straight is a polymer?
- Thermal excitation of rotational isomores
- Bending rigidity and Persistence length
- Entropic elasticity:
- Random walks, Kuhn segments, and the central limit theorem
- Polymer spring
- Interactions:
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