Architecture and Application of Nanostructured Inclusion Complexes Composed of Amylose and Synthetic Polymers

摘要

Amylose, a linear polysaccharide with a helical structure linked through α(1→ 4)-glycosidic linkages, is a well-known host compound which forms inclusion complexes with relative lower molecular weight compounds such as fatty acids by noncovalent interaction between host and guest molecules.1 However, little has been reported regarding the formation of inclusion complexes between amylose and polymeric compounds. The main difficulty in incorporating polymeric compounds into the amylose cavity is that the driving force for the binding is only caused by hydrophobic interactions. Amylose, therefore, does not have sufficient ability to include the long chains of polymers into its cavity.