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Three-dimensional periodic supramolecular organic framework ion sponge in water and microcrystals.


ABSTRACT: Self-assembly has emerged as a powerful approach to generating complex supramolecular architectures. Despite there being many crystalline frameworks reported in the solid state, the construction of highly soluble periodic supramolecular networks in a three-dimensional space is still a challenge. Here we demonstrate that the encapsulation motif, which involves the dimerization of two aromatic units within cucurbit[8]uril, can be used to direct the co-assembly of a tetratopic molecular block and cucurbit[8]uril into a periodic three-dimensional supramolecular organic framework in water. The periodicity of the supramolecular organic framework is supported by solution-phase small-angle X-ray-scattering and diffraction experiments. Upon evaporating the solvent, the periodicity of the framework is maintained in porous microcrystals. As a supramolecular 'ion sponge', the framework can absorb different kinds of anionic guests, including drugs, in both water and microcrystals, and drugs absorbed in microcrystals can be released to water with selectivity.

SUBMITTER: Tian J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4268711 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Three-dimensional periodic supramolecular organic framework ion sponge in water and microcrystals.

Tian Jia J   Zhou Tian-You TY   Zhang Shao-Chen SC   Aloni Shaul S   Altoe Maria Virginia MV   Xie Song-Hai SH   Wang Hui H   Zhang Dan-Wei DW   Zhao Xin X   Liu Yi Y   Li Zhan-Ting ZT  

Nature communications 20141203


Self-assembly has emerged as a powerful approach to generating complex supramolecular architectures. Despite there being many crystalline frameworks reported in the solid state, the construction of highly soluble periodic supramolecular networks in a three-dimensional space is still a challenge. Here we demonstrate that the encapsulation motif, which involves the dimerization of two aromatic units within cucurbit[8]uril, can be used to direct the co-assembly of a tetratopic molecular block and c  ...[more]

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