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New synthetic self-assembling macromolecules mimic nature

Researchers with the Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute at Virginia Tech report the synthesis of a new family of charged, rod-like block copolymers, a fraction of the diameter of human hair, that self-assemble and are remarkable stable in saline solution.

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