Computer simulation of fifth generation dendronized polymers: Impact of charge on internal organization

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 117, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 6007-6017

  Bertran, Oscar ^a   Zhang, Baozhong ^b   Schlüter, A Dieter ^b   Kröger, Martin ^b   Alemán, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; VACUUM;

ATOMISTIC MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; CONFORMATIONAL BEHAVIOR; DENDRONIZED POLYMERS; HELICAL CONFORMATION; HETEROGENEOUS DISTRIBUTIONS; MOLECULAR CONFIGURATIONS; RADIAL DENSITY DISTRIBUTION; REPULSIVE INTERACTIONS;

DENDRIMERS;

EID: 84878054275     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp402695g     Document Type: Article

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