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Cucurbit[8]uril-Regulated Nanopatterning of Binary Polymer Brushes via Colloidal Templating.

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Authors

Hu, Chi 
West, Kevin R 
Scherman, Oren A 

Abstract

Sub-micrometer/nanoscale patterned polymer brushes are prepared by employing cucurbit[8]uril (CB[8]) as a supramolecular recognition motif to assemble functional silica colloids onto Au surfaces as a sacrificial nanopatterning template. By employing CB[8]-mediated host-guest interactions at the interface, it is possible to readily generate nanopatterned materials in aqueous media under ambient conditions.

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cucurbituril, nanopatterning, photo-responsive systems, polymer brushes, self-assembly

Journal Title

Adv Mater

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Journal ISSN

0935-9648
1521-4095

Volume Title

27

Publisher

Wiley
Sponsorship
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/K028510/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/G060649/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/L027151/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/H007024/1)
This work was supported by the Engineering Physical Science Research Council, grant EP/K028510/1; C.H. thanks BP for financial support and Y.L. is grateful for a CSC Cambridge Scholarship.