A pillar[6]arene-based UV-responsive supra-amphiphile: synthesis, self-assembly, and application in dispersion of multiwalled carbon nanotubes in water

Jie Yang; Guocan Yu; Danyu Xia; Feihe Huang

doi:10.1039/c4cc00590b

A pillar[6]arene-based UV-responsive supra-amphiphile: synthesis, self-assembly, and application in dispersion of multiwalled carbon nanotubes in water

Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Apr 18;50(30):3993-5. doi: 10.1039/c4cc00590b. Epub 2014 Mar 10.

Authors

Jie Yang¹, Guocan Yu, Danyu Xia, Feihe Huang

Affiliation

¹ State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China. [email protected].

PMID: 24608541
DOI: 10.1039/c4cc00590b

Abstract

A UV-responsive supra-amphiphile based on a water-soluble pillar[6]arene was constructed. Its self-assembly and application in dispersion of multi-walled carbon nanotubes in water were studied.