Electrochemically controlled self-complexation of cyclodextrin–viologen conjugates

Abstract

Self-complexation of cyclodextrin–viologen conjugates can be controlled electrochemically through changes in the oxidation states of the viologen subunits as well as chemically when competing water-soluble hosts or guests are added to solutions of the conjugates.

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