Scalable synthesis of sequence-defined, unimolecular macromolecules by Flow-IEG

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 34, 2015, Pages 10617-10622

  Leibfarth, Frank A ^a   Johnson, Jeremiah A ^a   Jamison, Timothy F ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automation; Continuous flow chemistry; Polymers; Sequence controlled polymers; Unimolecular macromolecules

Indexed keywords

MONOMER; OLIGOMER; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW; GROWTH; ITERATIVE EXPONENTIAL GROWTH; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84940497178     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1508599112     Document Type: Article

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