The construction of rigid supramolecular polymers in water through the self-assembly of rod-like monomers and cucurbit[8]uril

Two new types of supramolecular polymers have been constructed via the self-assembly of rigid rod-like monomers and cucurbit[8]uril (CB[8]) in water. These supramolecular polymers possessed rigid backbones and further aggregated into stick-like bunched fibres.