Stuck like Glue

Stuck like Glue

Author: Rosalyne Cowie

Host–guest interactions have been exploited to create new linear and cyclic AABB supramolecular polymers composed of tetraphosphonate cavitands and N-methylpyridinium salts.

Enrico Dalcanale and co-workers, Parma, Italy, have designed the new polymers by controlling the flexibility of the ditopic guest spacer, the solvent, and the concentrations used in the system. Solid-state studies have shown that linear polymerization is preferred.



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