Linear Supramolecular Polymers via Connecting Telechelic Polycaprolactone through Alkynylplatinum(II) Terpyridine Molecular Tweezer/Pyrene Recognition Motif

• Published in: Macromolecular rapid communications. Vol. 37; no. 8; pp. 718 - 724
• Main Authors: Liu, Huaqing, Han, Xiaohang, Gao, Zongchun, Gao, Zhao, Wang, Feng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.04.2016; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Chains (polymeric); Construction; host-guest recognition; Molecular Structure; molecular tweezers; Polycaprolactone; Polyesters - chemistry; Polymerization; Polymers; Polymers - chemical synthesis; Pyrenes; Pyrenes - chemistry; Recognition; Rheological properties; stimuli-responsiveness; Supramolecular polymers; telechelic polymers; Thermal properties; host-guest recognition; supramolecular polymers; stimuli-responsiveness; telechelic polymers; molecular tweezers

By anchoring alkynylplatinum(II) terpyridine molecular tweezer/pyrene recognition motif on the chain‐ends of telechelic polycaprolactone, high‐molecular‐weight supramolecular polymers have been successfully constructed via noncovalent chain extension, which demonstrate fascinating rheological and th...