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We thank Professor Takahiro Sato of Department of Macromolecular Science, Osaka University, for providing his xanthan samples. We are also grateful to Dr. Kunlun Hong of Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Mr. Weiyu Wang of Department of Chemistry, The University of Tennessee, for their fruitful discussions and help with SEC-MALS measurement. JWM acknowledges partial support from the Division of Materials Science and Engineering, BES, U.S. Department of Energy.
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Matsuda, Y., Sugiura, F., Mays, J. et al. Atomic force microscopy of thermally renatured xanthan with low molar mass. Polym J 47, 282–285 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/pj.2014.102
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