Longest molecular chain paves way to interlocked polymers
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Katrina Krämer2017-12-04T10:00:00
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Polymers made of mechanically interlocked molecules could make for strong but flexible materials
Up to 130 molecular chain links have been assembled into the longest ever polycatenanes – an unexplored class of mechanically interlocked polymers that resembles macroscopic chains.