摘要
A new method of light-powered dissipative supra-molecular polymerization is established,in which supramolecular polymerization is implemented in the far-from-equilibrium state.A bifunctional mono-mer containing two viologen moieties was designed.Upon inputting energy by light,the sys-tem was driven far from equilibrium,and the mono-mers were photoreduced and activated to form supramolecular polymers driven by 2∶1 host–guest complexation of the viologen cation radical and cucurbit[8]uril.As the system returned to equilibri-um,the supramolecular polymers depolymerized spontaneously by air oxidation.This method works in both linear and in cross-linked supramolecular polymerization.The strategy of light-powered dis-sipative supramolecular polymerization is anticipat-ed to have potential in the fabrication of functional supramolecular materials,especially in creating novel“living”materials.
基金
This work is supported financially by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21434004,21890731,21821001,and 91527000)
P.Z.is supported by the Na-tional Natural Science Foundation of China(21771103)
the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(BK20160639)。
