Reptation (De Gennes/Doi-Edwards Theory)

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Above M_e (E3), the chain becomes confined in a "tube" formed by the intertwined neighboring chains and can only diffuse by meandering along its own contour - the mechanism that explains why the viscosity of a melt scales as M_w^3.4, not linearly with M_w.

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