Double-helical ultrastructure of polycationic dendronized polymers determined by single-particle cryo-TEM

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2923-2928

  Böttcher, Christoph ^a   Schade, Boris ^a   Ecker, Christof ^b   Rabe, Jürgen P ^b   Shu, Lijin ^a,c   Dieter Schluter A ^a,c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clendrimers; Double helix; Polyelectrolytes; Self assembly; Supramolecular chemistry

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYELECTROLYTES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SELF ASSEMBLY; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CARBON FILMS; DOUBLE-HELICAL ULTRASTRUTURE; MOLECULAR FIBERS; SINGLE-PARTICLE CRYO TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DENDRIMERS;

EID: 18744391698     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200401145     Document Type: Article

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