Issue 18, 2012

Advanced supramolecular polymers constructed by orthogonal self-assembly

Abstract

Large aggregates, constructed by linking together monomer building blocks via non-covalent interactions with polymer properties, are regarded as supramolecular polymers. Many kinds of non-covalent interactions, such as metal–ligand coordination, hydrogen bonding, π–π stacking, ionic interaction, and host–guest interaction etc., can be involved in the binding interactions of monomer building blocks, as well as in the modification of the side chain for the construction of variable supramolecular polymers. In this tutorial review, we summarized the reported supramolecular polymers fully- or partially-created from the combination of multiple non-covalent binding interactions, mainly of two kinds, in the orthogonal way.

Graphical abstract: Advanced supramolecular polymers constructed by orthogonal self-assembly

Article information

Article type
Tutorial Review
Submitted
26 Mar 2012
First published
06 Jul 2012

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2012,41, 5950-5968

Advanced supramolecular polymers constructed by orthogonal self-assembly

S. Li, T. Xiao, C. Lin and L. Wang, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2012, 41, 5950 DOI: 10.1039/C2CS35099H

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