Volume 45, Issue 28 pp. 4605-4608
Communication

Cyclodextrin-Based Side-Chain Polyrotaxane with Unidirectional Inclusion in Aqueous Media

Itsuro Tomatsu

Itsuro Tomatsu

Department of Macromolecular Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan, Fax: (+81) 6-6850-5445

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Akihito Hashidzume Dr.

Akihito Hashidzume Dr.

Department of Macromolecular Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan, Fax: (+81) 6-6850-5445

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Akira Harada Prof. Dr.

Akira Harada Prof. Dr.

Department of Macromolecular Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan, Fax: (+81) 6-6850-5445

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First published: 03 July 2006
Citations: 54

We thank Prof. Dr. Tatsuki Kitayama, Associate Professor Dr. Koichi Ute, and Takashi Nishimura for pulsed-field-gradient NMR measurements and analyses. I.T. appreciates Research Fellowships for Young Scientists from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

Graphical Abstract

A bit on the side: A side-chain polyrotaxane that consists of simple components is successfully constructed and controlled by using photoisomerization of an azobenzene moiety at the terminal of the side chain.

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