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Three linear chains are connected to form a star polymer.
Three linear chains are connected to form a star polymer. The stars intertwine and entangle with each other, resulting in extremely slow motion, even at room temperature where random fluctuations rattle these molecules around. With a new, 100 times faster algorithm, the full star trajectory is now accessible. The path taken by the branch point (yellow dot) is discovered to be like a Matryoshka doll of random walks nested in one another, five levels deep.
Airidas Korolkovas: 5D Entanglement in Star Polymer Dynamics. Advanced Theory and Simulations. 2018 (1) 1800078. Copyright Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. Reproduced with permission.
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