Controlling the materials properties and nanostructure of a single-component dendritic gel by adding a second component

Chemical Communications

Volumn , Issue 3, 2005, Pages 385-387

  Hardy, John G ^a   Hirst, Andrew R ^a   Smith, David K ^a   Brennan, Colin ^b   Ashworth, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b JEALOTT S HILL INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENDRIMER; DIAMINE; LAURIC ACID;

ARTICLE; GELATION; MATERIALS; PHASE TRANSITION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 13244298193     PISSN: 13597345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b413629b     Document Type: Article

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