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ISBN 0-412-83090-6

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Cover illustration:
An electron micrograph of a DNA ring in a relaxed and supercoiled state (reproduced by permission of James C. Wang)

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Cyclic Polymers (second edition) reviews the many recent advances in this rapidly expanding subject since the publication of the first edition in 1986. The preparation, characterisation, properties adn applications of a wide range of organic and inorganic cyclic oligomers and polymers are described in detail, together with many examples of catenances and rotaxanes. The importance of large cyclics in biological chemistry and molecular biology is emphasised by a wide coverage of circular DNA, cyclic peptides and cyclic oligosaccharides and polysaccharides. Experimental techniques and theoretical aspects of cyclic polymers are included, as well as examples...