Breaking translational symmetry via polymer chain overcrowding in molecular bottlebrush crystallization

One of the fundamental laws in crystallization is translational symmetry but breaking translational symmetry can be used as a general route towards the design of nanostructures. Here the authors show that overcrowding in molecular bottlebrush polymers allows for spontaneous formation of spherical ho...

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Autores principales: Hao Qi, Xiting Liu, Daniel M. Henn, Shan Mei, Mark C. Staub, Bin Zhao, Christopher Y. Li
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/6fcaf5a05ee34c37b7bcaca3803638ff
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Sumario:One of the fundamental laws in crystallization is translational symmetry but breaking translational symmetry can be used as a general route towards the design of nanostructures. Here the authors show that overcrowding in molecular bottlebrush polymers allows for spontaneous formation of spherical hollow crystals with broken translational symmetry.