Self-assembled supramolecular microgels: Fractal structure and aggregation mechanism

Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 3037-3046

  Gu, Zhenyu ^a   Patterson, Gary ^a   Cao, Rong ^a   Armitage, Bruce ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avidin; Cluster cluster aggregation; Fractal dimension; Light scattering; Microgels; Peptide nucleic acid (PNA); Self assembly

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; OLIGOMERS; PROTEINS; SELF ASSEMBLY; TEMPERATURE;

AVIDIN; BIOTIN; CLUSTER-CLUSTER AGGREGATION; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; FRACTAL DIMENSION; MICROGELS; STATIC LIGHT SCATTERING;

GELS;

EID: 0344896681     PISSN: 08876266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/polb.10626     Document Type: Article

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