Presenting the work of pioneering experts in this exciting field of supramolecular polymer chemistry, this monograph covers an extensive range of applications, including drug delivery and catalysis. It focuses on new structures and phenomena of cyclodextrin-based supramolecular polymers and many other compound classes. While providing a deeper insight in macromolecular recognition and the mechanisms of living systems, this book also introduces fascinating novel phenomena beyond natural systems.Content:
Chapter 1 Multiple Hydrogen?Bonded Supramolecular Polymers (pages 1–28): Wilco P. J. Appel, Marko M. L. Nieuwenhuizen and E. W. Meijer
Chapter 2 Cyclodextrin?Based Supramolecular Polymers (pages 29–50): Prof. Akira Harada and Yoshinori Takashima
Chapter 3 Supra?Macromolecular Chemistry: Toward Design of New Organic Materials from Supramolecular Standpoints (pages 51–70): Kazunori Sugiyasu and Seiji Shinkai
Chapter 4 Polymerization with Ditopic Cavitand Monomers (pages 71–93): Francesca Tancini and Enrico Dalcanale
Chapter 5 Polymers Containing Covalently Bonded and Supramolecularly Attached Cyclodextrins as Side Groups (pages 95–126): Helmut Ritter, Monir Tabatabai and Bernd?Kristof Muller
Chapter 6 Antibody Dendrimers and DNA Catenanes (pages 127–149): Hiroyasu Yamaguchi and Prof. Akira Harada
Chapter 7 Crown Ether?Based Polymeric Rotaxanes (pages 151–182): Terry L. Price and Harry W. Gibson
Chapter 8 Processive Rotaxane Catalysts (pages 183–193): Johannes A. A. W. Elemans, Alan E. Rowan and Roeland J. M. Nolte
Chapter 9 Emerging Biomedical Functions through ‘Mobile’ Polyrotaxanes (pages 195–204): Nobuhiko Yui
Chapter 10 Slide?Ring Materials Using Polyrotaxane (pages 205–229): Kazuaki Kato and Kohzo Ito
Chapter 11 Stimuli?Responsive Systems (pages 231–267): Akihito Hashidzume and Prof. Akira Harada
Chapter 12 Physical Organic Chemistry of Supramolecular Polymers (pages 269–291): Stephen L. Craig and Donghua Xu
Chapter 13 Topological Polymer Chemistry: A Quest for Strange Polymer Rings (pages 293–303): Yasuyuki Tezuka
Chapter 14 Structure and Dynamic Behavior of Organometallic Rotaxanes (pages 305–329): Yuji Suzaki, Tomoko Abe, Eriko Chihara, Shintaro Murata, Masaki Horie and Kohtaro Osakada
Chapter 15 Polyrotaxane Network as a Topologically Cross?Linked Polymer: Synthesis and Properties (pages 331–346): Toshikazu Takata, Takayuki Arai, Yasuhiro Kohsaka, Masahiro Shioya and Yasuhito Koyama
Chapter 16 From Chemical Topology to Molecular Machines (pages 347–359): Jean?Pierre Sauvage