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The observation of polymer reptation
Author(s) -
Sackmann Erich,
Käs Josef,
Strey Helmut
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.19940060617
Subject(s) - reptation , materials science , protein filament , macromolecule , polymer , visualization , image (mathematics) , chemical physics , polymer science , statistical physics , computer science , artificial intelligence , physics , composite material , chemistry , biochemistry
Direct visualization of reptating macromolecules has been achieved. The concept of reptation, which until recently had only been directly confirmed by computer simulations, is now supported by two separate experiments. In one, a few fluorescencelabeled actin filaments were directly observed in an unlabeled semi‐dilute entangled network. The Figure shows snapshots of a filament moving in the network.