A novel aryl amide-bridged ladderlike polymethylsiloxane synthesized by an amido H-bonding self-assembled template

Huadong Tang1, Jin Sun, Jinqiang Jiang

  • 1State Key Laboratory on Polymer Physics & Chemistry, Center for Molecular Science, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China.

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