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Supramolecular Interfacial Polymerization: A Controllable Method of Fabricating Supramolecular Polymeric Materials
Author(s) -
Qin Bo,
Zhang Shuai,
Song Qiao,
Huang Zehuan,
Xu JiangFei,
Zhang Xi
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.201703572
Subject(s) - supramolecular chemistry , polymerization , supramolecular polymers , maleimide , monomer , materials science , polymer , polymer chemistry , chemical engineering , chemistry , organic chemistry , molecule , composite material , engineering
A new method of supramolecular polymerization at the water–oil interface is developed. As a demonstration, an oil‐soluble supramonomer containing two thiol end groups linked by two ureidopyrimidinone units and a water‐soluble monomer bearing two maleimide end groups are employed. Supramolecular interfacial polymerization can be implemented by a thiol–maleimide click reaction at the water–chloroform interface to obtain supramolecular polymeric films. The glass transition temperature of such supramolecular polymers can be well‐tuned by simply changing the polymerization time and temperature. It is highly anticipated that this work will provide a facile and general approach to realize control over supramolecular polymerization by transferring the preparation of supramolecular polymers from solutions to water–oil interfaces and construct supramolecular materials with well‐defined properties.