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Hitoshi Tamiaki: 0000-0003-4797-0349
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The authors declare no competing financial interests.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
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We thank Prof. Manabu Abe of Hiroshima University for his
valuable advice about photo-removable protecting groups.
This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Num-
bers JP18J21058 and JP17H06436.
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Figure 5. Assembly pathways toward nanofibers and nano-
particles. Pathways I and II were characterized by NP and
NF formations, respectively.
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