Photoreaction-driven two-dimensional periodic polyrotaxane-type supramolecular nanoarchitecture

Chem Commun (Camb). 2019 Jul 9;55(56):8138-8141. doi: 10.1039/c9cc03705e.

Abstract

A 2D polypseudorotaxane-type assembly was constructed using cucurbit[8]uril and styrylpyridinium-bearing triphenylamine. In addition, tunable non-covalent to covalent transition was achieved by [2+2] photodimerization of styrylpyridinium units. Thus, a more stable 2D polyrotaxane-type nanoarchitecture was obtained, which could capture [60]fullerene and further exhibit an excellent photodynamic therapy effect.