Charge-Induced Conformational Changes of Dendrimers
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Charge-Induced Conformational Changes of Dendrimers
We study the effect of chargeable monomers on the conformation of dendrimers of low generation by computer simulations, employing bare Coulomb interactions. The presence of the latter leads to an increase in size of the dendrimer due to a combined effect of electrostatic repulsion and the presence of counterions within the dendrimer and also enhances a shell-like structure for the monomers of d...
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عنوان ژورنال: Macromolecules
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0024-9297,1520-5835
DOI: 10.1021/ma800283z