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The object of this review article is to introduce and digest Yamakawa’s new book, “Helical Wormlike Chains in Polymer Solutions.” A brief description is given of a new model for polymer chains, called the helical wormlike chain, and its applications to dilute solution behavior of polymers, that is, equilibrium, steady-state transport, and dynamical properties. The description follows most of the chapters of the book. It is shown that all theoretical and experimental investigations on the basis of this model provide a new framework of polymer solution science, which takes the place of the Flory–Kirkwood framework.
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Yamakawa, H. A New Framework of Polymer Solution Science. The Helical Wormlike Chain. Polym J 31, 109–119 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1295/polymj.31.109
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