Single-Molecule Conformations Probe Free Volume in Polymers

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 126, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2296-2297

  Vallée, Renaud A L ^a   Cotlet, Mircea ^a   Van Der Auweraer, Mark ^a   Hofkens, Johan ^a   Mullen K ^b   De Schryver, Frans C ^a  

^a Katholieke Univerviteit Leuven ^*  (Belgium)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 1542285001     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja031599g     Document Type: Article

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