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Some HP foldamers have hydrophobic patches, which serve as landing pads that can catalyze the elongation of other HP chains. Chain folds and exposes a hydrophobic sticky spot, or landing pad, where another molecule as well as a hydrophobic monomer can bind. This localization reduces the barrier for adding monomer to the hydrophobic end of the growing chain .
