Self-assembly of dendritic structures

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-23

  Emrick, Todd ^a   Fréchet, Jean Mj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENDRIMER;

COVALENT BOND; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; POLYMERIZATION; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0345211446     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0294(99)00008-4     Document Type: Article

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