A tunable dendritic molecular actuator

Nano Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1279-1283

  Welch, Paul M ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOND LENGTH; LINEAR CHAINS; MOLECULAR ACTUATORS; NANOMOTORS;

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; DENDRIMERS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FREE ENERGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

ACTUATORS;

MOLECULAR MOTOR; NANOMATERIAL; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELASTICITY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MACROMOLECULE; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; ELASTICITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROSTATICS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMERS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 23144433807     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl050422c     Document Type: Article

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