1 College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu 226019, P.R. China. yaoyong@zju.edu.cn syj@ntu.edu.cn and Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 84112, USA.
2 Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 84112, USA and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225002, P. R. China.
3 Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 84112, USA.
4 College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu 226019, P.R. China. yaoyong@zju.edu.cn syj@ntu.edu.cn.
A soft gel based on pillar[5]arene was successfully prepared using a carbazone reaction. Furthermore, dyes such as TPP or TPPE can be incorporated into this gel and were observed to be released in a sustained way in water due to solvent exchange.