Peculiar ‘Reptational’ Movements of Sing
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Jiro Kumaki; Takehiro Kawauchi; Eiji Yashima
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Article
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2008
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Peculiar ‘reptational’ movements of isotactic PMMA chains on mica are observed by in situ AFM. The polymer molecules comprise long flexible chains that exhibit reptative, or snake‐like, motion on the substrate along the direction of the polymer chain. Intriguingly, some chains underwent