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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2021
Applicant:
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);
Inventors:
Yunyan Qiu, Evanston, IL (US);
James Fraser Stoddart, Evanston, IL (US);
Assignee:
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08G 83/00 (2006.01); C08G 65/333 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08G 83/007 (2013.01); C08G 65/33396 (2013.01);
Abstract
Polyrotaxanes and methods of making and using the same are disclosed herein. The polyrotaxanes comprise a threading component comprising a collecting chain and at least one artificial molecular pump on the terminus of the TC. The artificial molecular pump comprises a coulombic barrier, a steric barrier, and a recognition site between the coulombic barrier and the steric barrier.