Helix Shaped Polymers (IMAGE)

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Helix Shaped Polymers

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These spring-like structures are helix-shaped polymers. The helical coils are indicated by bright stripes in this side view of the tiny molecule-sized threads laying on a surface. A team of chemists used click chemistry to build these SOF4-based polymers. This image was taken by atomic force microscopy.

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Han Zuilhof lab

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