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In this chapter, we will discuss the statistical theory of polymers based on molecular descriptions, where we model the polymer chain as a sequence of spherical particles connected by rigid rods or springs.
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Kawakatsu, T. (2004). Gaussian Chain Model and Statistics of Polymers. In: Statistical Physics of Polymers. Advanced Texts in Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-10024-0_2
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