Flexible chain molecules spatial configuration

The macromolecular concept of Staudinger implies that the physical properties of polymers may be determined not only by the chemical nature of the molecule, but more significantly by the spatial configuration of the entire molecule. As indicated in this work, flexible chain molecules may indeed take isotropic random coil, partially ordered nematic, and the most stable crystalline conformation in response to the thermodynamic requirement of the environment. I should like to dedicate this article to his excellent foresight [54] and pioneering contribution to polymer science [55-57]. 

The conformation of a polymer chain is the three dimensional spatial arrangement of the chain as determined by the rotation about backbone bonds. The conformation and configuration of the polymer molecules have a great influence on the properties of the polymer component. It is described by the polarity, flexibility and the regularity of the macromolecule. The helix is a typical ordered conformation type for polymers that contain regular chain microstructure. Typically carbon atoms are tetra-valent, which means that in a saturated organic compound they are surrounded by four substituent in a symmetric tetrahedral geometry. 

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