Self-folding of supramolecular polymers into bioinspired topology
- Submitting institution
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University of Keele
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 434
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1126/sciadv.aat8466
- Title of journal
- Science Advances
- Article number
- eaat8466
- First page
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- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 9
- ISSN
- 2375-2548
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- September
- Year of publication
- 2018
- URL
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https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/9/eaat8466.full
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- Before this report, the higher order topological complexity of supramolecular polymers lagged behind that of other polymeric systems. In this paper supramolecular polymers that can fold into protein-like topologies are reported for the first time. The work came from an international collaboration between Chiba University, the Photon Factory (Japan) and Keele. Analysis of small-angle X-ray scattering data was instrumental in characterising the nanostructures and the novel analysis methods developed have subsequently informed future papers (e.g. Nature, 2020, 583, 400-405).
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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