Structure of charged dendrimer solutions as seen by small-angle neutron scattering

Macromolecules

Volumn 32, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 5895-5900

  Nisato, Giovanni ^a,b   Ivkov, Robert ^a   Amis, Eric J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY WATER; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; IONIC STRENGTH; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NEUTRON SCATTERING; POLYELECTROLYTES; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

POLYAMIDOAMINE; SMALL-ANGLE NEUTRON SCATTERING (SANS);

MACROMOLECULES;

EID: 0032683046     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma990631h     Document Type: Article

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