Can dendrimers be viewed as compact colloids? A simulation study of the fluctuations in a dendrimer of fourth generation

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1979-1988

  Harreis, H M ^a   Likos, C N ^a   Ballauff, M ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; COLLOIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONOMERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

CORRELATION FUNCTIONS; SMALL ANGLE NEUTRON SCATTERING;

DENDRIMERS;

EID: 0037460251     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1530577     Document Type: Article

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