Characterizations of polyamidoamine dendrimers with scattering techniques

Polymers

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 600-616

  Wang, Xiangyu ^a   Guerrand, Ludovic ^a   Wu, Bin ^a   Li, Xin ^a   Boldon, Lauren ^a   Chen, Wei Ren ^b,c   Liu, Li ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c University of Tennessee   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticancer; Dendrimers; Scattering techniques

Indexed keywords

ANTICANCER; COVALENT ASSEMBLIES; DENDRIMER MOLECULES; EFFECTIVE CHARGE; HYDRODYNAMIC RADIUS; INTERNAL DYNAMICS; MICROSCOPY TECHNIQUE; MULTIPLE ANTIGEN PEPTIDES; POLYAMIDOAMINE DENDRIMERS; POLYAMIDOAMINES; POLYMER DRUGS; POLYPROPYLENIMINE; QUASIELASTIC NEUTRON SCATTERING; SCATTERING TECHNIQUES; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING; SMALL-ANGLE NEUTRON SCATTERING; STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS; WATER PENETRATION;

DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEUTRON SCATTERING; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

DENDRIMERS;

EID: 84861773026     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/polym4010600     Document Type: Review

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