Preparation of a sliding graft copolymer'', an organic solvent-soluble polyrotaxane containing mobile side chains, and its application for a crosslinked elastomeric supramolecular film

A novel sliding graft copolymer'' (SGC), in which many linear poly-epsilon-caprolactone (PCL) side chains are bound to cyclodextrin rings of a polyrotaxane, was prepared by ring-opening polymerization of epsilon-caprolactone initiated by hydroxyl groups of the polyrotaxane. An amorphous, flexible, and sufficiently tough elastomer film was prepared by crosslinking the obtained SGC-a supramolecule possessing a number of mobile side chains-with hexamethylene diisocyanate (HMDI).