He made major contributions to the understanding of their structure and of polymerization, how these long chain molecules form ... such as toothbrushes, fishing lines, and lingerie, or in special ...

Within a protein, multiple amino acids are linked together by peptide bonds, thereby forming a long chain. Peptide bonds are formed by a biochemical reaction that extracts a water molecule as it ...

which are long chains of smaller molecules, called monomers. The team took lines of X-shaped monomers and arranged them into crystal structures that react together so that the ends of the monomers ...