ISSN:
1436-2449
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
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Physics
Notes:
Summary The conformational behaviour of a macromolecule is described by a random walk of fixed contour length which consists of n straight segments, where n=1,2, .... Two cases are discussed: (i) the segments are of equal length; (ii) the points where the random walk changes its direction are randomly distributed along the contour. Analytical expressions for the mean squared end-to-end distance R and for the radius of gyration R g are presented. When deriving R g it is assumed that the mass of the chain is distributed uniformly along the contour.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00296483
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