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Topological engineering for metallic polymers

Chemical bond selection tunes the topological class of one-dimensional polymers towards organic metals.

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Fig. 1: Conjugation changes in polymers.

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Corso, M., de Oteyza, D.G. Topological engineering for metallic polymers. Nat. Nanotechnol. 15, 421–423 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-020-0667-8

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