Reversible Structural Transformation between a Molecular Solomon Link and an Unusual Unsymmetrical Trefoil Knot

Hai-Ning Zhang1, Wen-Xi Gao1, Yue-Jian Lin1

  • 1Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Chemistry , Fudan University , Shanghai 200433 , P. R. China.

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