Structure and Dynamics of Dendronized Polymer Solutions: Gaussian Coil or Macromolecular Rod?

Macromolecules

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 2731-2740

  Dutertre, Fabien ^a   Bang, Ki Taek ^b   Loppinet, Benoit ^a   Choi, Inho ^b   Choi, Tae Lim ^b   Fytas, George ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; DENDRIMERS; LIGHT SCATTERING; RING OPENING POLYMERIZATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

CONFORMATIONAL PROPERTIES; DENDRONIZED POLYMERS; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RING OPENING METATHESIS POLYMERIZATION; SEMI-FLEXIBLE CHAINS; STATIC AND DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS; TRANSLATIONAL DIFFUSION;

POLYDISPERSITY;

EID: 84964355234     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: 15205835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00420     Document Type: Article

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