Issue 4, 2023

Individually separated supramolecular polymer chains toward solution-processable supramolecular polymeric materials

Abstract

Herein, we present a simple design concept for a monomer that affords individually separated supramolecular polymer chains. Random introduction of alkyl chains with different lengths onto a monomer prevented its supramolecular polymers from bundling, permitting the preparation of concentrated solutions of the supramolecular polymer without gelation, precipitation, or crystallization. With such a solution in hand, we succeeded in fabricating self-standing films and threads consisting of supramolecular polymers.

Graphical abstract: Individually separated supramolecular polymer chains toward solution-processable supramolecular polymeric materials

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Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
04 nov 2022
Accepted
03 jan 2023
First published
04 jan 2023
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Chem. Sci., 2023,14, 822-826

Individually separated supramolecular polymer chains toward solution-processable supramolecular polymeric materials

T. Shimada, Y. Watanabe, T. Kajitani, M. Takeuchi, Y. Wakayama and K. Sugiyasu, Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 822 DOI: 10.1039/D2SC06089B

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