Simultaneous covalent and noncovalent hybrid polymerizations
01 natural sciences
0104 chemical sciences
DOI:
10.1126/science.aad4091
Publication Date:
2016-01-28T19:36:30Z
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ABSTRACT
Doubling down on polymerization
In biology, structural polymers such as cytoskeletal fibers assemble from covalently polymerized monomers through weaker supramolecular interactions such as hydrogen bonds. Yu
et al.
report the synthesis of cylindrical fibers when three monomers react, two covalently and one in a supramolecular fashion. When the reaction proceeded stepwise, lower-molecular-weight flat tapes formed instead, which suggests that supramolecular interactions helped to catalyze the covalent polymerization.
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