Semiflexibility induced range of conformations in dendrimers†
Abstract
The fractal dimensions of semiflexible dendrimers are theoretically calculated within the framework of optimized Rouse–Zimm models, from the scattering intensity and the complex viscosity, as a function of the degree of flexibility. The fractal dimensions of the dendrimer consistently vary with the degree of flexibility to capture the entire spectrum of possible conformations spanning across the three distinct scaling regimes of a