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Starting from the standard model of polymer motion — the Rouse model — we briefly present some key experimental results on the mesoscopic dynamics of polymer systems. We touch the role of topological confinement as expressed in the reptation model and discuss in some more detail processes limiting the confinement. In the second part we relate to some new developments concerning the measurement of large-scale internal dynamics of proteins by neutron spin echo.
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Richter, D., Biehl, R., Monkenbusch, M. et al. Polymer dynamics from synthetic polymers to proteins. Pramana - J Phys 71, 729–738 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12043-008-0262-2
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