Researchers at Westlake University have disclosed a two-dimensional (2D) mechanically interlocked polymer (MIP) that mimics ...

The vast majority of bonds formed by these side chains are noncovalent. In fact, cysteines are the only amino acids capable of forming covalent bonds, which they do with their particular side chains.

The molecules of a supramolecular polymer typically interact to form non-covalent bonds, which are highly directional and prompt specific behaviors depending on their arrangement. The polymer that ...