No assembly required: Self-assembling silicone-based polymers
Date | 23rd, Oct 2018 |
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Source | EurekAlert - Scientific News Websites |
DESCRIPTION
Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology, RIKEN and Tohoku University have developed a silicone polymer chain that can self-assemble into a 3D periodic structure. They achieved this by using their recently reported self-assembling triptycene molecules to modify the ends of the polymer chains.