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Self-assembled (pseudo)rotaxane and polyrotaxane through host–guest chemistry based on the cucurbituril family

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Cucurbit[n]uril and its derivatives, a new family of macrocyclic hosts comprising n glycoluril units, have gained much attention for their exceptional application in many fields. In this review, we introduced the cucurbituril family and the development of its derivatives, which can be used in the molecular recognition and self-assembled materials such as pseudorotaxane, polyrotaxane. Moreover, cucurbituril provides the possibility to design stimulus–response devices and imitate the life secret at molecule level, such as the molecular devices controlled by pH, photochemistry, thermal and so on.

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We acknowledge the finance support of the Key Technology Integration and Demonstration Project for Mining and Flotation of Collophanite (2014HA004). Thanks Prof. Zhou Xiaohai (Wuhan University) and Prof. Zhang Haibo (Wuhan University).

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Han, Z., Zhou, Q. & Li, Y. Self-assembled (pseudo)rotaxane and polyrotaxane through host–guest chemistry based on the cucurbituril family. J Incl Phenom Macrocycl Chem 92, 81–101 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10847-018-0828-7

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