Cucurbituril-based Functional Materials

Dönüs Tuncel received her PhD degree from Imperial College, London in the area of cucurbiturils and supramolecular polymer chemistry and then, worked about 3 years as a postdoctoral research fellow in the Chemistry Department of Oxford University in the area of 2D-fluorescent polymer networks and polymeric nanotubes. In 2003, she joined the Department of Chemistry at Bilkent University. Her research involves the design and synthesis of cucurbituril-based supramolecular nanostructured materials and functional organic and hybrid organic-inorganic nanomaterials and the exploitation of these materials in the optoelectronic and biomedical applications. She is a fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry.

• Introduction: Cucurbituril-containing Functional Materials in the Context of Smart Materials;Cucurbituril Homologues and Derivatives: Syntheses and Functionalization;Key Roles of Cavity Portals in Host–Guest Binding Interactions by Cucurbituril Hosts;Rotaxanes and Polyrotaxanes;Hybrid Supramolecular Assemblies of Cucurbit[n]urilsupported Metal and Other Inorganic Nanoparticles;Cucurbituril-assisted Supramolecular Polymeric Hydrogels;Cucurbituril Containing Supramolecular Nanomaterials;Cucurbit[8]uril-based 2D and 3D Regular Porous Frameworks;Supramolecular Interactions of Cucurbit[n]uril Homologues and Derivatives with Biomolecules and Drugs;Cucurbit[6]uril-based Polymer Nanocapsules;Cucurbituril-functionalized Supramolecular Assemblies: Gateways to Diverse Applications;Supramolecular Assemblies of Cucurbit[n]urils with Conjugated Polymers and Porphyrins: Effects on Their Photophysical and Photochemical Properties and Their Applications in Photodynamic Therapy