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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Cucurbit[8]uril"”.
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The preparation of cucurbit[8]uril-based hydrogels for delivery applications
… hydrogels based on the host-guest chemistry of cucurbit[8]uril for the controlled delivery of molecular cargo. The host molecule is capable of binding two guest molecules in an inclusion complex. Its addition to an aqueous solution of guest-functional polymers leads to the formation of …
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Supramolecular Functional Materials Based on Cucurbit[8]uril-Enhanced π–π Interactions
… and nanotechnology. In particular, the cucurbit[n]uril (CB[n]) family of macrocyclic hosts has attracted considerable attention over the last decade. Advantages of CB[n]-based systems include compatibility with a wide guest scope of molecules, a high binding affinity that spans a wide …
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Self-assembly of synthetic and biological components in water using cucurbit[8]uril
… in the presence of our molecular host of choice, cucurbit[8]uril (CB[8]). Our studies on the self-assembly of synthetic and biological components in water bridge overlapping concepts and techniques drawn from the fields of synthetic organic chemistry, supramolecular self-assembly, and applied NMR …
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Uncovering and Exploiting Cucurbit[8]uril Host-Guest Dynamics in Bulk Mechanical Behaviour
… with myriad application. Hydrogels based on cucurbit[8]uril (CB[8]) supramolecular interactions are ideal candidates to study this relationship due to the variability in guests and binding modes it accommodates. In the first chapter earlier studies on pressure-induced changes in CB[8] …
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Bypassing the Blood-Brain Barrier: Cucurbit[8]uril-based Hydrogels Towards Drug Delivery Reservoirs
… the first chapter the host-guest interactions of cucurbit[8]uril in aqueous assemblies, with a particular emphasis on those systems forming hydrogels, are summarised. The application of hydrogels towards delivery devices in glioblastoma and ependymoma are outlined and discussed. The second chapter …
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Study of ternary complexes of cucurbit[8]uril and their applications in self diagnostic composites
… properties for specific applications. The cucurbiturils are one such class of receptors that have garnered increasing interest in the last decade due to their unique guest binding abilities. Cucurbit[8]uril, as one of the larger homologues, is a particularly appealing host molecule for …
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Supramolecular Chemistry at the Polymer-Oil Interface
… water remains in the polymer layer. A viologen-cucurbit[8]uril binding site was chosen as the supramolecular surface interaction. The binding unit was incorporated into the polyamide-imide. The synthesis of the binding site polymer was achieved in two stages; the reproduction of the commercial …
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Supramolecular Approaches to Viscoelastic Biomaterials and Their Applications
… The following works explore the application of cucurbit[8]uril (CB[8])-based host-guest chemistry to achieve tuneable viscoelasticity in hydrogels. First, an ECM-mimetic CB[8]-based biomaterial tuned to the viscoelasticity of the lung is developed for stem cell engraftment into the solid organs. …
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Hierarchical Supramolecular Assemblies Based on Host-Guest Chemistry between Cucurbit[n]uril and Azobenzene Derivatives
Cucurbit[8]uril (CB[8]) has attracted great interest in the cucurbit[n]uril (CB[\textit{n}]) family on account of its capability to simultaneously accommodate two guests inside its cavity, to form strong yet dynamic ternary complexes.Owing to the photo-induced \textit{trans} to \textit{cis} …