Self-assembled poly-catenanes from supramolecular toroidal building blocks
- Submitting institution
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University of Keele
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 433
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1038/s41586-020-2445-z
- Title of journal
- Nature
- Article number
- -
- First page
- 400
- Volume
- 583
- Issue
- 7816
- ISSN
- 0028-0836
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- July
- Year of publication
- 2020
- URL
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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2445-z
- Supplementary information
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10.1038/s41586-020-3012-3
- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
- -
- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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15
- Research group(s)
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-
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This work reports a template-free synthesis of nano-poly[n]catenanes via molecular self-assembly and represents the first time that this has been done for structures that are built up from a single small molecule interacting with itself, at this scale, and with such a fine level of control. This was an international collaboration between Keele, Chiba University (Japan), and researchers from Switzerland and Italy. Analysis of small-angle neutron and X-ray scattering data from allocated beamtime at the ISIS and Diamond national facilities were instrumental in characterising the structures. A number of international invited talks have been presented on this paper.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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