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Daichi Takahashi1, Masayuki Gon2,3, Kazuo Tanaka2,3

  • 1Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan.

Chemistry, an Asian Journal
|November 19, 2025
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Keywords:
chiroptical propertyfunctionalized copolymerhelicenenorbornenering‐opening metathesis copolymerization

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