Institute of Innovative Research, 
Tokyo Institute of Technology.

2018.10.25

Press Release

No Assembly Required: Self-assembling Silicone-based Polymers

Scientists at Tokyo Tech, RIKEN and Tohoku University have developed a silicone polymer chain that can self-assemble into a 3D periodic structure. They achieved this by using their recently reported self-assembling triptycene molecules to modify the ends of the polymer chains.