Effect of side-chain length on the polymer chain dynamics of poly(alkyl methacrylate)s in solution

Macromolecules

Volumn 46, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 9738-9747

  Farhangi, Shiva ^a   Weiss, Henning ^a   Duhamel, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY; EXCIMER FLUORESCENCE; NUMBER OF CARBON ATOMS; POLY METHYL ACRYLATE; POLY(ALKYL METHACRYLATE)S; POLYMER CHAIN DYNAMICS; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES; TIME-RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE;

CHAINS; ESTERS; FLUORESCENCE; POLYMERS; PYRENE;

CHAIN LENGTH;

EID: 84897741922     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: 15205835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma402093v     Document Type: Article

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