Issue 2, 2015

Cucurbituril-based supramolecular engineered nanostructured materials

Abstract

Cucurbituril (CB) is a unique macrocycle with a rigid symmetrical structure, which is composed of two identical hydrophilic portals decorated with partially negatively charged carbonyl groups and a hydrophobic cavity. A number of different nanostructured materials, including nanoparticles, nanocomposites, vesicles and rods, have been prepared by taking advantage of the varying cavity size of the CB homologues, their ability to accommodate more than one guest in their cavities, their rigid symmetrical structures, as well as the water solubility of CB7. These nanostructures could find a wide range of potential applications in the areas of self-healing materials, nanomedicine, plasmonics, and nanocatalysis. Here, we review the recent progresses in the synthesis, properties and application of CB-based supramolecular engineered nanostructures, which are either constructed through CB-assisted self-assembly or from post-functionalized-CB homologues.

Graphical abstract: Cucurbituril-based supramolecular engineered nanostructured materials

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
28 sep 2014
Accepted
03 nov 2014
First published
03 nov 2014

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2015,13, 330-347

Author version available

Cucurbituril-based supramolecular engineered nanostructured materials

S. Gürbüz, M. Idris and D. Tuncel, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2015, 13, 330 DOI: 10.1039/C4OB02065K

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