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Fumitoshi Kaneko1, Natsuko Kashihara, Tsuyoshi Tsuchida

  • 1Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan. toshi@chem.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp.

Macromolecular Rapid Communications
|May 19, 2011
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Solid-state complexation of syndiotactic polystyrene (sPS) with 12-crown-4 was achieved via guest exchange. The resulting clathrate complex maintained sPS helix conformation and incorporated four 12-crown-4 molecules per unit cell.

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