Simulations of dendrimers with flexible spacer chains and explicit counterions under low and neutral pH conditions

Macromolecules

Volumn 43, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 10659-10667

  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

A-THERMAL; BOND FLUCTUATION MODEL; BRANCHING UNITS; CHARGE PROFILES; CONDENSATION OF COUNTERIONS; COULOMB POTENTIAL; COUNTERIONS; EXCLUDED-VOLUME INTERACTIONS; FLEXIBLE SPACER; LENGTH DEPENDENCE; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NEUTRAL PH; PH CONDITION; POSITIVE CHARGES; SIMULATION PARAMETERS; SPACER LENGTHS; SWELLING BEHAVIOR; SWELLING EFFECT; TERMINAL GROUPS; TYPE ARGUMENTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENDRIMERS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; EVAPORATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SWELLING;

PH EFFECTS;

EID: 78650493719     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma102055w     Document Type: Article

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