Dynamic behavior of supramolecular fibers observed by high-speed atomic force microscopy (IMAGE)

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Dynamic behavior of supramolecular fibers observed by high-speed atomic force microscopy

Caption

a) Supramolecular fibers observed by high-speed atomic force microscopy (HS-AFM). The yellow and blue arrows mark the positions of fiber ends during the pause phases prior to the onset of the growth phase. Scale bar: 30 nm. The pause duration sometimes reached up to 4 minutes. b) Block-stacking model. The molecules are represented as yellow and red blocks.

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S. Kimura, K. Adachi, Y. Ishii, T. Komiyama, T. Saito, N. Nakayama, M. Yokoya, H. Takaya, S. Yagai, S. Kawai, T. Uchihashi and M. Yamanaka

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