Thermal behavior and kinetic analysis of the chain unfolding and refolding and of the concomitant nonpolar solvation and desolvation of two Elastin-like polymers

Macromolecules

Volumn 36, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 8470-8476

  Reguera, Javier ^a   Lagarón, José M ^b   Alonso, Matilde ^a   Reboto, Virginia ^a   Calvo, Blanca ^a   Rodriguez Cabello, José Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; HYDRATION; KINETIC THEORY; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DESOLVATION; ELASTIN LIKE POLYMERS; NONPOLAR SOLVATION; REFOLDING; THERMAL BEHAVIOR; UNFOLDING;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 0344549704     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma034572q     Document Type: Article

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