Supramolecular Polymers Self-Assemble
12 May 2008, 11:52
Categories: polymers self-assembly
Researchers at the Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands, have created supramolecular polymers that differ from conventional polymers. Most polymers are made up of long molecular chains that are connected to each other by covalent bonds, whereby electrons are shared by atoms in the chains. The researchers were able to create a supramolecular polymer that spontaneously forms from different kinds of self-assembling monomers into a polymeric network.
In the image above, carbon atoms are shown in grey, nitrogen in blue, oxygen in red, and hydrogen in white.
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