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RSC ADVANCES
Volume 5, Issue 57, Pages 46067-46073Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c5ra06163f
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- NSFC [51403062, 51273063, 21306049, 20774030]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
- higher school specialized research fund for the doctoral program [222201313005, 222201314029]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2013M541485]
- Open Project of State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering [SKL-ChE-14C01]
- Australian Research Council [DP110103177]
- 111 Project Grant [B08021]
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The formation of a hydrogel constructed from a cyclodextrin dimer (beta CD(2)ur) and adamantyl substituted poly(acrylate) was investigated by 2D NOESY H-1 NMR and isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC). The two methods generally demonstrate enhancement of complexation as the length of the hydrophobic tether increases, which is likely to be due to the cooperative effect. An optimal tether length of 6 was found to maximize the complexation between beta CD(2)ur and the polymer. Increasing the tether length to twelve carbons slightly reduces the complexation affinity revealed by ITC experiments. Meanwhile, rheological analysis indicates the maximum degree of crosslinking was achieved by PAAADhn/beta CD(2)ur complexation since the rigid structure of PAAAD restricts the crosslinking based on the host-guest complexation between the cyclodextrin dimer and adamantyl substituent and the competitive binding from the long alkyl tether in PAAADddn reduces the degree of crosslinking.
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