Aggregation behavior in water of amphiphilic diblock copolymers bearing biocompatible phosphorylcholine and cholesteryl groups

Polymer Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 71-76

  Ohno, Sayaka ^a   Hasegawa, Shoto ^a   Liu, Huihua ^b   Ishihara, Kazuhiko ^c   Yusa, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CHAINS; COPOLYMERS; FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MICELLES; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; AMPHIPHILIC DIBLOCK COPOLYMERS; CONTROLLED/LIVING RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; DEGREE OF POLYMERIZATION; FLUORESCENCE PROBE TECHNIQUE; MACROCHAIN-TRANSFER AGENTS; REVERSIBLE ADDITION FRAGMENTATION CHAIN TRANSFER; STATIC LIGHT SCATTERING;

AGGLOMERATION;

EID: 84920537971     PISSN: 00323896     EISSN: 13490540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pj.2014.92     Document Type: Article

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