Conformational characteristics of poly(D-β-hydroxybutyrate)

Macromolecules

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1125-1131

  Kyles, Robert E ^a,b   Tonelli, Alan E ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LORD CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SOLUTIONS;

CONFORMATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS;

POLYESTERS;

EID: 0037465485     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma0200827     Document Type: Article

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