Molecular weight recognition in the multiple-stranded helix of a synthetic polymer without specific monomer-monomer interaction

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 130, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 6373-6380

  Kumaki, Jiro ^a,e   Kawauchi, Takehiro ^a,d   Ute, Koichi ^a   Kitayama, Tatsuki ^b   Yashima, Eiji ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONOMERS; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

MONOMER-MONOMER INTERACTION; MULTIPLE-STRANDED HELIX; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS;

POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES;

MONOMER; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYMER;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

METHYLMETHACRYLATE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; STEREOISOMERISM; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 43949144209     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja077861t     Document Type: Article

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