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Controlling the Size, Shape and Stability of Supramolecular Polymers in Water
Published on: August 2, 2012
Supramolecular hydrophobic guest transport system based on pillar[5]arene
Zhenhui Qi1, Katharina Achazi, Rainer Haag
1Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustrasse 3, 14195 Berlin, Germany. s.dong@schalley-lab.de c.schalley@fu-berlin.de.
Abstract:
A pillar[5]arene-based bioactive guest loading system has been developed, which can increase the solubility of the drug norharmane in aqueous medium, and also enable its pH-stimulated release. Furthermore, this supramolecular transport system reduces the toxicity of loaded guest.
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