Supramolecular polymerization at the interface: layer-by-layer assembly driven by host-enhanced π-π interaction

Hui Yang; Zhan Ma; Bin Yuan; Zhiqiang Wang; Xi Zhang

doi:10.1039/c4cc05201c

Supramolecular polymerization at the interface: layer-by-layer assembly driven by host-enhanced π-π interaction

Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Oct 4;50(76):11173-6. doi: 10.1039/c4cc05201c.

Authors

Hui Yang¹, Zhan Ma, Bin Yuan, Zhiqiang Wang, Xi Zhang

Affiliation

¹ Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China. xi@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn.

PMID: 25111066
DOI: 10.1039/c4cc05201c

Abstract

Host-enhanced π-π interaction as a new driving force was used for fabricating layer-by-layer (LbL) films. This kind of LbL assembly can be regarded as a sort of supramolecular polymerization at the interface and its degree of supramolecular polymerization can be controlled efficiently by adjusting layer pairs similar to living polymerization in solution.