Controlling the topology and structure of entangled molecular strands is a key challenge in molecular engineering, ...

HKU-CAS Joint Laboratory on New Materials & Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, P. R. China ...

Sodium acetoacetate was prepared by hydrolysis of freshly redistilled ethyl acetoacetate¶ with a 5 per cent excess of 1 N sodium hydroxide ... ǁ The solution was neutralized, sterilized by ...

The aqueous solution of PVA (12 g) was cross-linked by the addition of 1000 μl of 15% (w/v) sodium trimetaphosphate (STMP) (Sigma-Aldrich) and 400 μl of 30% (w/v) sodium hydroxide ... or macroscopic ...