PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF DENDRITIC MACROMOLECULES

It has been recently shown44 that dendritic fragments with a hydroxymethyl group at the focal point form stable monolayers on the surface of water. The n A isotherms showed a strong dependence on the molecular weight of the dendrimer and the compression rate. The latter is due to the characteristic ability of dendritic macromolecules to occlude solvent molecules. 

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Wooley, K.L. Hawker, C.J. Pochan, J.M. Erechet, J.M.J. Physical properties of dendritic macromolecules a study of glass transition temperature. Macromolecules 1993, 26, 1514-1519. 

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