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Helically ordered polymers under metal–organic framework confinement

Confining conjugated polymers within chiral metal–organic frameworks enables direct visualization of helical order and enhances their charge transport and spin selectivity properties.

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Fig. 1: Chiral Fe-Spiro metal–organic framework (MOF) directs the confined growth of helical conjugated polymers and governs their resulting electronic properties.

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M. Padial, N., Martí-Gastaldo, C. Helically ordered polymers under metal–organic framework confinement. Nat. Synth 5, 6–7 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44160-025-00952-y

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