title: Reversibly tunable lower critical solution temperature utilizing host-guest complexation of pillar[5]arene with triethylene oxide substituents.
abstract: A thermoresponsive macromolecule consisting of 10 outer triethylene oxide groups and a pillar[5]arene core was prepared. The macromolecule showed lower critical solution temperature behavior. Moreover, its clouding point can be reversibly tuned based on the addition of guest and host compounds; the clouding point increased upon addition of a guest didecylviologen salt and decreased when the competitive host cucurbit[7]uril was added.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan. ogoshi@t.kanazawa-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Tomoki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ogoshi
authors.forename: Ryohei
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shiga
authors.forename: Tada-aki
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Yamagishi