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Towards supramolecular polymers
Author(s) -
Huff Jürgen,
Preece Jon A.,
Fraser Stoddart J.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
macromolecular symposia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-3900
pISSN - 1022-1360
DOI - 10.1002/masy.19961020103
Subject(s) - catenane , rotaxane , supramolecular chemistry , polymer , supramolecular polymers , nanotechnology , materials science , polymer science , chemistry , molecule , organic chemistry , composite material
The natural phenomenon of self‐assembly has been used to make complex unnatural products. These new compounds have taken the form of catenanes and rotaxanes. We have identified several polymeric architectures containing the catenane and rotaxane motifs, and then described how the model structures, which we have identified and actually realized as chemical compounds, can be employed to assess the feasibility of introducing mechanical linkages into novel polymers by means of self‐assembly processes.