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Abstract
The present work demonstrates that α-cyclodextrin/poly(ethylene oxide) (α-CD/PEO)-based polyrotaxanes (PRs) behave as multiblock copolymers. One block type consists of a rod-like tube made of 6 to 7 weakly stacked α-CDs threaded along the PEO chain. The other one is made of a naked PEO segment, i.e. the PR part that is not covered by α-CDs. This multiblock behaviour induces the self-organization of PRs in concentrated solution in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) at room temperature leading to the formation of nano-cylinders. These nano-cylinders consist of assemblies of roughly 60 α-CD rod-like tubes through hydrogen bonding. Moreover, crystallites of naked PEO segments are formed since PEO is in poor solvent conditions (DMSO) at room temperature. Furthermore, the formation of α-CD nano-cylinders as well as of naked PEO segment crystallites leads to physical gelation of PRs in DMSO.
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