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Significant progress made in recent times on the basic molecular theory of Doi and Edwards for entangled polymers is briefly reviewed. In particular we present a recent version of the theory that is entirely described by a set of differential equations, and is therefore especially useful for simulations of complex flows as encountered in polymer processing. The model also provides an expression for the excess free energy that can be of use to predict the onset of flow-induced crystallisation.
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