Jacobus P van Trijp1, Nives Hribernik1, Jia Hui Lim2

  • 1Department of Biomolecular Systems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476, Potsdam, Germany.

概括

研究人员使用一种新的方法合成了长碳水化合物寡合物. 这些分子自组装成各种纳米材料,揭示了碳水化合物聚合和可编程材料设计的关键见解.

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