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Review
. 2009 Aug;66(15):2599-602.
doi: 10.1007/s00018-009-0044-0. Epub 2009 May 16.

Naturally occurring and synthetic cyclic macromolecules

Alain Deffieux  1 , Michel Schappacher
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Review

Naturally occurring and synthetic cyclic macromolecules

Alain Deffieux et al. Cell Mol Life Sci. 2009 Aug.
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Scheme 1
Some cyclic polymer structures: a ring, b knotted ring, c catenated ring
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Fig. 1
DNA rings and catenane from [6]
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Scheme 2
Strategy for the preparation of large polymer rings and their conversion into comb macrocycles
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Fig. 2
AFM images of cyclic PS combs in admixture with linear and of secondary comb structures: linear dimer (L D) cyclic dimer (C D), tadpole (T D) and eight shape bicycles (B D)
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Fig. 3
(1) and (2) AFM phase images of trefoil knotted macromolecular rings. (3) and (4) AFM topographic images of [2] catenanes. The initial ring macromolecules were magnified by grafting polystyrene oligomers
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