title: Hollow-core dendrimers revisited.
abstract: In revisiting the original argument of de Gennes and Hervet [J. Phys. (Paris) 44, L351 (1983)]] leading to "hollow-core" dendrimers, we show that a self-consistent application of their model leads to the "filled-core" model first elucidated by Lescanec and Muthukumar [Macromolecules 23, 2280 (1990)]]. The monomer density falls off parabolically from the center of the dendrimer, and the tips are distributed throughout the molecule.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, California State University-Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Boulevard, Long Beach, California 90840, USA.
authors.forename: Thomas C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Zook
authors.forename: Galen T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Pickett