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Catalytic effect of microflow space for supramolecular block co-polymerization of water-soluble porphyrins
Haruna Takemori1, Chisako Kanzaki1, Shota Nomura1
1Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University, Shimogamo, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8522, Japan. numata@kpu.ac.jp.
Abstract:
Using microflow space, a catalytic effect was achieved for supramolecular polymerization. With increasing reactivity at the polymer end, the selective connection of active monomers formed new block domains, avoiding fast homo-assembly. Binding of less-reactive monomers at the polymer end overcame steric bulkiness, affording a stable supramolecular diblock copolymer (SdiBCP).

