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Going straight: A luminescent composite of poly(p-phenylenevinylene) (PPV) and amylose was synthesized by direct polymerization of the precursor monomer in aqueous media in the presence of amylose. The PPV–amylose composite consists of a rigid-rod PPV segment threaded into a flexible amylose tube and self-assembles into liquid-crystalline phases.
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