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Keeping COFs in the loop

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The rational synthesis of organic nanotubes and their hierarchical architectures has remained challenging. Now, one-dimensional hollow covalent organic frameworks have been prepared that can further assemble into toroid-shaped materials.

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Fig. 1: CONT and toroid structure.

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Leith, G.A., Shustova, N.B. Keeping COFs in the loop. Nat. Chem. 14, 485–486 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-022-00940-1

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