Adsorption-induced scission of carbon-carbon bonds

Nature

Volumn 440, Issue 7081, 2006, Pages 191-194

  Sheiko, Sergei S ^a   Sun, Frank C ^a   Randall, Adrian ^a   Shirvanyants, David ^a   Rubinstein, Michael ^a   Lee, Hyung Il ^b   Matyjaszewski, Krzysztof ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL BONDS; DEGRADATION; DENDRIMERS; MACROMOLECULES; ULTRASONIC EFFECTS;

CARBON-CARBON BONDS; COVALENT BONDS; POLYMERIC FIBERS;

CARBON;

DENDRIMER; DIAMOND; POLYMER;

ADSORPTION;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; COVALENT BOND; DEGRADATION; FIBER; HARDNESS; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NANOPARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 33644867031     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04576     Document Type: Article

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