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We introduce a tensor variable to describe chain deformations in the continuum limit. Then we set up a dynamic model and apply it to the problem of phase separation in polymer solutions under shear. Effects of chain deformations are shown to be crucial in the entangled case. A large shear-demixing effect is found in semidilute solutions in agreement with experiments.
Akira Ōnuki (Mon,) studied this question.