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The construction of photoresponsive polymer particles with supramolecular helicity from achiral monomers by helix-sense-selective polymerization

Xiaoxiao Cheng, Tengfei Miao, Haotian Ma, Lu Yin, Wei Zhang, Zhengbiao Zhang, Xiulin Zhu

2020Polymer Chemistry19 citationsDOI

Abstract

Optically active azobenzene-containing polymer particles successfully prepared from achiral monomers for the first time by helix-sense-selective dispersion polymerization, also known as asymmetric helix-chirogenic polymerization.

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PolymerizationMonomerHelix (gastropod)AzobenzenePolymer chemistryDispersion polymerizationPolymerMaterials scienceChemistryOrganic chemistrySnailBiologyEcologyPhotochromic and Fluorescence ChemistryPolydiacetylene-based materials and applicationsSupramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials