A theoretical study of conformational properties of dendritic block copolymers of first generation

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 125, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Kosmas, M ^a   Vlahos, C ^a   Avgeropoulos, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONS; DENDRIMERS; MACROMOLECULES; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MONOMERS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

CONFORMATIONAL PROPERTIES; DENDRITIC BLOCK COPOLYMERS; MICROSCOPIC PARAMETERS; TWEEZING;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 33748545030     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2337625     Document Type: Article

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