Controlling polymer shape through the self-assembly of dendritic side- groups

Nature

Volumn 391, Issue 6663, 1998, Pages 161-164

  Percec, V ^a   Ahn, C H ^a   Ungar, G ^b   Yeardley, D J P ^b   Moller M ^c   Sheiko, S S ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; CONFORMATIONS; CONTROL; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; MOLECULES; POLYMERIZATION;

DEGREE OF POLYMERIZATION; SELF ASSEMBLY; SHAPE CONTROL;

POLYMERS;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032495512     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/34384     Document Type: Article

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