Amphiphilic block copolymer micelles with hydrophobically modified shells

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 29, Issue 10-11, 2003, Pages 655-660

  Jelínek, Karel ^a   Uhlík, Filip ^a   Limpouchová, Zuzana ^a   Matějíček, Pavel ^a   Humpolíčková, Jana ^a   Procházka, Karel ^a   Tuzar, Zdeněk ^b   Spirková, Milena ^b   Hof, Martin ^c  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^c J HEYROVSKÝ INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Conformation; Copolymers; Micelles; NRET

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICELLES; POLYSTYRENES;

HYDROPHOBICALLY MODIFIED SHELLS; NONRADIATIVE ENERGY TRANSFER (NRET); POLYSTYRENE-BLOCK-POLY(METHACRYLIC ACID) (FS-PMA) MICELLES;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 4043086608     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: 10290435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0892702031000103194     Document Type: Article

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