Core/shell structures of proteinlike copolymers: Are finite aggregates thermodynamically stable?

Macromolecules

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 226-237

  Semenov, A N ^a,b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUT CHARLES SADRON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; HYDROGEN; MONOMERS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SOLUTIONS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

AMPHIPHILIC COPOLYMERS; COPOLYMER AGGREGATES; MICRODOMAIN STRUCTURES; PROTEINLIKE COPOLYMERS;

COPOLYMERS;

EID: 1642455781     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma030357y     Document Type: Article

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