Spatial Configuration Macromolecular Chains

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SPATIAL CONFIGURATION OF MACROMOLECULAR CHAINS Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1974... 

Investigation of the conformations and spatial configurations of macromolecular chains Is motivated therefore by considerations that go much beyond Its appeal as a stimulating intellectual exercise. Acquisition of a thorough understanding of the subject must be regarded as Indispensable to the comprehension of rational connections between chemical constitution and those properties that... 

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]. 

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