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ReviewPolymers2020

Dendrimer Dynamics: A Review of Analytical Theories and Molecular Simulation Methods.

Fabio Ganazzoli, Giuseppina Raffaini

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Review in Polymers, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Fabio GanazzoliDipartimento di Chimica, Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica "G. Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20131 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9762-4535
Giuseppina RaffainiDipartimento di Chimica, Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica "G. Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20131 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3462-6514
Politecnico di Milano · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The theoretical study of dendrimers is reviewed, considering both analytical approaches and molecular simulation methods. We discuss the effect of molecular symmetry on the degeneracy of the relaxation times, and then the calculation of observable quantities, in particular the intrinsic viscosity, and then the viscoelastic complex modulus and the dynamic structure factor, in comparison with the available experimental data. In particular, the maximum intrinsic viscosity with increasing molar mass is analyzed in some detail. The approximations and/or assumptions of the adopted methods are also described in connection with analogous results for polymer of a different topology, in particular linear and star polymers.

Indexed as

branched polymersdendrimersdynamic structure factorhydrodynamic interactionintrinsic viscosityrelaxation timesrheologyviscoelastic complex modulus

Identifiers

PMID32575767
PMCPMC7361973
OpenAlexW3036947661

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