Abstract
The thermal motion of a long-chain molecule dispersed in a solvent is examined in terms of the velocity autocorrelation, in a reference frame attached to a subunit of the chain.
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B. Caroli, G. Jannink, and D. Saint-James, to appear inPhysics.
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Caroli, B., Jannink, G., Saint-James, D. et al. Velocity autocorrelation function for the motion of long-chain molecules in the free draining limit. J Stat Phys 8, 367–371 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01020275
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