Microscopic dynamics of nondilute solutions of rodlike polymers

A physically motivated and mathematically well-posed procedure was proposed, that overcomes the associated physical ambiguities and mathematical subtleties and allows the development of a meaningful set of equations of motion. This approach is applicable to quite general and complex molecular models. These are the first simulation results that reproduced quantitatively experimental data. This agreement demonstrated that the use of realistic microscopic dynamics for rodlike particles with finite width in solution is sufficient for the reproduction of the actual macroscopic features of real rodlike polymer solutions.