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From: Into the Dynamics of a Supramolecular Polymer at Submolecular Resolution

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Previous experiments on monomer exchange in dynamic water-soluble BTA supramolecular polymers. a Chemical structures of water-soluble BTA monomers (1) and (2). b Monomer exchange in and out these supramolecular polymers (equilibrium between the assembled monomers and the monomers in solution) occurs uniformly along the fibre length (previous STORM experiments)22. c, d Fitting curves for the exchange kinetics in supramolecular fibres (1) and (2) (from FRET mixing essay)23, 25. All terms in these multi-exponential exchange curves were found ~1 order of magnitude slower in fibre (2) compared to (1), where fibre (1) reached mixing equilibration within ~2 h c while (2) did not plateau even after ~20 h d 25

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