Hydrodynamic radius
The hydrodynamic radius of a macromolecule or colloid particle has two meanings. Some books use it as a synonym for the Stokes radius.
Other books define a theoretical hydrodynamic radius . They consider the macromolecule or colloid particle to be a collection of
subparticles. This is done most commonly for polymers; the subparticles would then be the units of the polymer.
is defined by