Molecular modelling of dendrimers for nanoscale applications

Nanotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 77-84

  Çaǧin, Tahir ^a   Wang, Guofeng ^a   Martin, Ryan ^a   Breen, Nicholas ^a   Goddard III, William A ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROMOLECULES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

DENDRIMERS;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0343341619     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/11/2/307     Document Type: Article

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