Issue 28, 2016

Dynamics of internally functionalized dendrimers

Abstract

The internally functionalized dendrimers are novel polymers that differ from conventional dendrimers by having additional functional units which do not branch out further. We investigate the dynamics of these structures with the inclusion of local semiflexibility and analyze their eigenmodes. The functionalized units clearly manifest themselves leading to a group of eigenvalues which are not present for homogeneous dendrimers. This part of the spectrum reveals itself in the local relaxation, leading to a corresponding process in the imaginary part of the complex dielectric susceptibility.

Graphical abstract: Dynamics of internally functionalized dendrimers

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
11 Apr 2016
Accepted
16 Jun 2016
First published
16 Jun 2016
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2016,18, 19050-19061

Dynamics of internally functionalized dendrimers

J. Grimm and M. Dolgushev, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2016, 18, 19050 DOI: 10.1039/C6CP02406H

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