Title
Fabrication of supramolecular cyclodextrin–fullerene nonwovens by electrospinning
Author
Hiroaki Yoshida, Ken Kikuta, Toshiyuki Kida
Year
2019
Journal
Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry
Abstract
Direct electrospinning of small molecules has great potential to fabricate a new class of fiber materials because this approach realizes the creation of various functional materials through the numerous molecular combinations. In this paper, we demonstrate a proof-of-concept to fabricate supramolecular fiber materials composed of cyclodextrin (CD)–fullerene inclusion complexes by electrospinning. Similar to the molecular state of fullerenes in solution, the resulting fibers include molecularly-dispersed fullerenes. We believe such a concept could be expanded to diverse host–guest complexes, opening up supramolecular solid materials science and engineering.
Instrument
V-730
Keywords
Quantitation, Diffuse reflectance, Chemical stability, Optical properties, Materials