Supramolecular polymers

Tom F. A. de Greef and E. W. Meijer
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Tom F. A. de Greef: Tom F. A. de Greef and E. W. Meijer are in the Laboratory of Macromolecular and Organic Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, the Netherlands. t.f.a.d.greef@tue.nl e.w.meijer@tue.nl
E. W. Meijer: Tom F. A. de Greef and E. W. Meijer are in the Laboratory of Macromolecular and Organic Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, the Netherlands. t.f.a.d.greef@tue.nl e.w.meijer@tue.nl

Nature, 2008, vol. 453, issue 7192, 171-173

Abstract: Most polymers consist of long molecular chains made up of many units connected by covalent bonds — but supramolecular polymers are different. The strikingly dynamic properties of these materials arise from the reversible bonds that hold their chains together, and open up the prospect of many new applications.

Date: 2008
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