Electrostatic swelling and conformational variation observed in high-generation polyelectrolyte dendrimers

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 2020-2024

  Liu, Yun ^a,b   Chen, Chun Yu ^c   Chen, Hsin Lung ^c   Hong, Kunlun ^d   Shew, Chwen Yang ^e   Li, Xin ^d,f   Liu, Li ^f   Melnichenko, Yuri B ^d   Smith, Gregory S ^d   Herwig, Kenneth W ^d   Porcar, Lionel ^g   Chen, Wei Ren ^d,h  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b University of Delaware   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^f RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

^h University of Tennessee   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; DENDRIMER STRUCTURE; DENSITY PROFILE; INTERMOLECULAR CORRELATIONS; LOCAL MOTIONS; MOLECULAR SIZE; POLYAMIDOAMINE DENDRIMERS; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING; SMALL-ANGLE NEUTRON SCATTERING; STERIC CROWDING; STIMULI-RESPONSIVE; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS;

DATA REDUCTION; DENDRIMERS; ELECTRIC FURNACES; ELECTROSTATICS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; POLYELECTROLYTES; PROTONATION; SWELLING; X RAY SCATTERING;

FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS;

EID: 77954265322     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz1006143     Document Type: Article

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