Cooperative conformational transitions in phenylene ethynylene oligomers: Chain-length dependence

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 121, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 3114-3121

  Prince, Ryan B ^a   Saven, Jeffrey G ^b   Wolynes, Peter G ^a   Moore, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; CHLOROFORM; ETHYNYLENE DERIVATIVE; OLIGOMER; PHENYLENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; FLUORESCENCE; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION;

EID: 0033531714     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja983995i     Document Type: Article

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