Mechanically triggered heterolytic unzipping of a low-ceiling-temperature polymer

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 623-628

  Diesendruck, Charles E ^a   Peterson, Gregory I ^c   Kulik, Heather J ^d,f   Kaitz, Joshua A ^a   Mar, Brendan D ^d   May, Preston A ^a   White, Scott R ^a,b   Martínez, Todd J ^d,e   Boydston, Andrew J ^c   Moore, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^f Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLYMERIZATION; TEMPERATURE;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84903118211     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1938     Document Type: Article

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