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Supramolecular Polymerization from Controllable Fabrication to Living Polymerization.
Zehuan Huang1, Bo Qin1, Linghui Chen1
1Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China.
Macromolecular Rapid Communications
|July 29, 2017
Summary
Researchers have developed new controllable methods for supramolecular polymerization, enabling precise fabrication of advanced supramolecular polymers with tailored functions.
Area of Science:
- Polymer Chemistry
- Materials Science
- Supramolecular Chemistry
Background:
- Supramolecular polymers garner significant scientific interest.
- Developing controllable supramolecular polymerization methods presents a key challenge.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review recent advancements in controllable supramolecular polymerization.
- To highlight methods for both fabrication and living polymerization.
Main Methods:
- Self-sorting approach manipulating ring-chain equilibrium.
- Covalent polymerization from noncovalently formed supramonomers.
- Supramolecular interfacial polymerization.
- Seeded supramolecular polymerization and chain-growth supramolecular polymerization for living polymerization.
Main Results:
- Established three general methods for controllable supramolecular polymer fabrication.
- Achieved living supramolecular polymerization through two novel strategies.
- Demonstrated pathway complexity control and use of metastable monomers.
Conclusions:
- Recent progress offers precise fabrication of supramolecular polymers.
- These methods facilitate the construction of functional supramolecular polymeric materials with controlled architectures.
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