Aggregated Structures Formed from Xenopolymers Generated in Simple Drying Reactions. (IMAGE)

_Tokyo Institute of Technology

Aggregated Structures Formed from Xenopolymers Generated in Simple Drying Reactions.

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Drying, followed by rehydration, of a glycolide/glycine mixed monomer solution results in polymers which self-assemble into macromolecular aggregates, as observed by light microscopy.

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Jim Cleaves, ELSI

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