Coarse-grained modelling of urea-adamantyl functionalised poly(propylene imine) dendrimers

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 882-895

  Smeijers, A F ^a   Markvoort, A J ^a   Pieterse, K ^a   Hilbers, P A J ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Boltzmann inversion; coarse graining; dendrimers; Molecular dynamics simulations

Indexed keywords

METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PROPYLENE; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; UREA;

ATOMIC FORM FACTORS; ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; BOLTZMANN INVERSION; COARSE GRAINED MODELS; COARSE GRAINING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; POLY (PROPYLENE IMINE) DENDRIMERS; SPATIAL REQUIREMENTS;

DENDRIMERS;

EID: 84945349802     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: 10290435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2015.1096359     Document Type: Article

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