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Chain Statistics: Wormlike Chains

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This chapter presents the foundation of the statistical mechanics of the KP wormlike chain. In particular, there is a detailed description of the formulation of the model and the theoretical methods which can also be applied to the statistical mechanics of the HW chain developed in the next chapter. Its static and transport properties are treated in later chapters as special cases of those of the HW chain. The unperturbed chain without excluded volume is considered throughout the chapter.

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    Hiromi Yamakawa & Takenao Yoshizaki

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Yamakawa, H., Yoshizaki, T. (2016). Chain Statistics: Wormlike Chains. In: Helical Wormlike Chains in Polymer Solutions. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48716-7_3

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