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 vi...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.展开更多
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)。
文摘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.
