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Double helical conformation and extreme rigidity in a rodlike polyelectrolyte
- Source :
- Nature Communications, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2019)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Nature Portfolio, 2019.
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Abstract
- Double helix structures appear widely in nature, but only rarely in synthetic non-chiral macromolecules. Here the authors describe a double helix in a densely charged aromatic polyamide, which exhibits an axial rigidity persistence length of ~ 1 μm, much higher than that of DNA (~ 50 nm).
- Subjects :
- Science
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20411723
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Nature Communications
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.70ac71e354043c79a458578ff941e1f
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08756-3