This article gives a review of the entanglement dynamics of flexible polymer chains from
theoretical and experimental points of view. The global motion of the entangled chains …

In this review, we provide an organized summary of the theoretical and computational
results that are available for polymers subject to spatial or topological constraints. Because …

After many years of intense research, most aspects of the motion of entangled polymers
have been understood. Long linear and branched polymers have a characteristic …

Molecular dynamics simulations were conducted to investigate the structural properties of
melts of nonconcatenated ring polymers and compared to melts of linear polymers. The …

Syntheses of cyclic polymers including cyclic homopolymers, cyclic block copolymers, sun‐
shaped polymers, and tadpole polymers are discussed on the basis of a differentiation …

Molecular dynamics simulations were conducted to investigate the dynamic properties of
melts of nonconcatenated ring polymers and compared to melts of linear polymers. The …

Cyclic polymers have different physical properties compared to their linear counterparts of
the same molecular weight. These different properties could have potential impact in the …

Ring polymers remain a challenge to our understanding of polymer dynamics. Experiments
are difficult to interpret because of the uncertainty in the purity and dispersity of the sample …

Since the time first synthetic macrocycles were observed as academic curiosities, great
advances have been made. Thanks to the development of controlled polymerization …

Experimental and Monte Carlo data for the dilute-solution properties of “lightly branched”
polymers (stars, combs, rings,...) are compared with the renormalization group predictions of …