Self-assembling supramolecular daisy chains

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 37, Issue 13-14, 1998, Pages 1913-1916

  Ashton, Peter R ^a   Parsons, Ian W ^a   Raymo, Françisco M ^a,c   Stoddart, J Fraser ^a,c   White, Andrew J P ^b   Williams, David J ^b   Wolf, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crown compounds; Molecular recognition; Noncovalent interactions; Supramolecular chemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032479772     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19980803)37:13/14<1913::AID-ANIE1913>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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