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Science 26 March 1971:
Vol. 171. no. 3977, pp. 1246 - 1247
DOI: 10.1126/science.171.3977.1246
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Polymer Whiskers Grown from Methyl 2-Cyanoacrylate Vapor

R. I. Smith-Johannsen 1

1 Department of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley 94720

Filaments of methyl 2-cyanoacrylate polymer were developed from the vapors of the monomer. While growing, the fibers seem to be chemically more active at their ends than along their sides, with this chemical specificity leading to a linearly ordered polymer structure. The number and character of the fibers are a function of the surface from which the fibers emanate and of the concentration of the monomer.

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