Recent advances in the immobilization of β-cyclodextrin and their application

Abstract

Cyclodextrin has become an excellent unit in the construction of various functional materials due to its unique structural characteristics and physical-chemical properties. Herein, the immobilization of β-cyclodextrin and their application at present have been reviewed in detail focusing on the covalent immobilization, especially including the application of the immobilized β-cyclodextrin in the environmental pollutants adsorption, drug loading and releasing, analysis and detection, chiral separation, catalysis, textile finishing, surface functionalization and so on. In the application mentioned above, the immobilization of β-cyclodextrin and their performance were presented systematically according to the supporter or application modes. It is pointed out that the applications of the immobilized β-cyclodextrin in catalysis and surface functionalization are just in their infancy, but having promising prospect. The further functionalization of the immobilized β-cyclodextrin will be the focus in the construction of supramolecular biomimetic catalytic systems based on β-cyclodextrin in future.