Coil-Globule Transition of Pyrene-Labeled Polystyrene in Cyclohexane: Determination of Polymer Chain Radii by Fluorescence
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Susana Piçarra,†,‡ Jean Duhamel,§ A. Fedorov,† and J. M. G. Martinho*,† Centro de Quı́mica-Fı́sica Molecular, Instituto Superior Técnico, AVenida RoVisco Pais 1, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal, Escola Superior de Tecnologia de Setúbal, Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Campus do IPS, Estefanilha 2914-508 Setúbal, Portugal, and Institute for Polymer Research, Department of Chemistry, UniVersity of Waterloo, Waterloo ON N2J 3G1, Canada
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