Helical self-assembled polymers from cooperative stacking of hydrogen-bonded pairs

Nature

Volumn 407, Issue 6801, 2000, Pages 167-170

  Hirschberg, J H K Ky ^a   Brunsveid, Luc ^a   Ramzi, Aissa ^a   Vekemans, Jef A J M ^a   Sijbesma, Rint P ^a   Meijer, E W ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; DIMERIZATION; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALKANES; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIMERIZATION; DRUG DESIGN; HYDROGEN BONDING; NEUTRONS; POLYMERS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TRIAZINES; WATER;

EID: 0034648801     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35025027     Document Type: Article

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