Properties of dendrimers with flexible spacer-chains: A monte carlo study

Macromolecules

Volumn 42, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 4878-4886

  Klos J S ^a,c   Sommer, J U ^a,b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOND FLUCTUATION MODEL; DENSE CORE; END GROUPS; FLEXIBLE SPACER; GENERATION NUMBERS; LENGTH SCALE; LENGTH SCALING; LINEAR CHAIN; MEAN FIELD MODELS; MONOMER DENSITY; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO STUDY; RADIAL DISTANCE; RADIUS OF GYRATION; RESCALING; SCALING BEHAVIOR; SHAPE FACTOR; SPACER CHAINS; SPACER LENGTHS; STARBURST DENDRIMER; SYSTEMATIC VARIATION; TERMINAL GROUPS; UNIVERSAL PROPERTIES;

MONOMERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SIMULATORS; SOLVENTS;

DENDRIMERS;

EID: 67650504838     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma900479y     Document Type: Article

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