Recent progress in supramolecular self-assembly based on cyclodextrin

Abstract

The supramolecular material has been widely used as a type of drug/gene delivery, molecule device, molecule sensor and catalysis. Due to their excellent biologic and optical properties, cyclodextrins have recently attracted increasingly more attention. In this review the newest development of the supramolecular self-assembly based on cyclodextrin is summarized. The article provided detail information about the synthesis and applications of both of rotaxanes formed by cyclodextrin ring and polymer axes, and supramolecular polymer without polymer backbone. © 2012 Chinese Chemical Society & SIOC, CAS.