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reptationnoun
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reptationnoun
A creeping thermal motion of entangled linear polymers
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Reptation
A peculiarity of thermal motion of very long linear macromolecules in entangled polymer melts or concentrated polymer solutions is reptation. Derived from the word reptile, reptation suggests the movement of entangled polymer chains as being analogous to snakes slithering through one another. Pierre-Gilles de Gennes introduced (and named) the concept of reptation into polymer physics in 1971 to explain the dependence of the mobility of a macromolecule on its length. Reptation is used as a mechanism to explain viscous flow in an amorphous polymer. Sir Sam Edwards and Masao Doi later refined reptation theory. Similar phenomena also occur in proteins.Two closely related concepts are reptons and entanglement. A repton is a mobile point residing in the cells of a lattice, connected by bonds. Entanglement means the topological restriction of molecular motion by other chains.
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Reptationnoun
the act of creeping
Etymology: [L. reptatio, from reptare: cf. F. reptation.]
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Reptation
Reptation is the thermal motion of very long linear, entangled macromolecules in polymer melts or concentrated polymer solutions. Derrived from the word reptile, reptation suggests the movement of entangled polymer chains as being analogous to snakes slithering through one another. Repton is a mobile point residing in the cells of a lattice, connected by bonds. Entanglement means the topological restriction of molecular motion by other chains. The concept of reptation was introduced into polymer physics in 1971 by Pierre-Gilles de Gennes to explain the dependence of the mobility of a macromolecule on its length. It is used as a mechanism to explain the viscous flow in an amorphous polymer. Sir Sam Edwards and Masao Doi later refined the theory.
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The numerical value of reptation in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
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The numerical value of reptation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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