Nanoscale self-assembly of multiblock copolymer chains into rods

Biomacromolecules

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2404-2407

  Termonia, Yves ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; FIBERS; MODAL ANALYSIS; MONOMERS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SELF ASSEMBLY;

BIMODAL DISTRIBUTION; LARGER-SCALE STRUCTURES; REGULAR BLOCKS; RODLIKE FIBROUS STRUCTURES;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

AROMATIC POLYAMIDE; COLLAGEN; COPOLYMER; ELASTIN; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILK; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOPHYSICS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMERS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARAMIDAE;

EID: 9744275950     PISSN: 15257797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bm049662x     Document Type: Article

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