title: Self-threading of a poly(ethylene glycol) chain in a cyclodextrin-ring: control of the exchange dynamics by chain length.
abstract: Poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)-substituted cyclodextrins (CDs) with different chain lengths have been synthesized. PEG-substituted CDs formed self-threading complexes in aqueous solutions, and the conformational exchange dynamics between self-threading and dethreading could be regulated by its chain length.
authors.affiliation: Department of Macromolecular Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan.
authors.forename: Youhei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miyauchi
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takashima
authors.forename: Hiroyasu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Harada