From molecular flat tapers, discs, and cones to supramolecular cylinders and spheres using Frechet-type monodendrons modified on their periphery

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1597-1602

  Percec, Virgil ^a   Cho, Wook Dong ^a   Ungar, Goran ^b   Yeardley, Duncan J P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dendrimers; Liquid crystals; Self organization; Supramolecular chemistry

Indexed keywords

DENDRIMER;

ARTICLE; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MACROMOLECULE; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; POLYMERIZATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0034595273     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(20000502)39:9<1597::aid-anie1597>3.0.co;2-i     Document Type: Article

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