Conformational properties and intrinsic viscosity of dendrimers under excluded-volume conditions

Macromolecules

Volumn 33, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 6611-6620

  Ganazzoli, Fabio ^a   La Ferla, Roberto ^a   Terragni, Giovanni ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONS; FREE ENERGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; VISCOSITY;

DENDRIMERS; INTRINSIC VISCOSITY;

MONOMERS;

EID: 0034702660     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma000258+     Document Type: Article

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