Experimental validation of the role of trifluoroethanol as a nanocrowder.

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Published in J Phys Chem B on September 19, 2014

Authors

Robert M Culik1, Rachel M Abaskharon, Ileana M Pazos, Feng Gai

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics and ‡Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States.

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