Supramolecular polymers constructed by different kinds of low-molecularweight monomers or high-molecular-weight conventional polymeric species based on hydrogen bonding interactions have attracted more and more attention due to their fascinating and unconventional chemical and physical properties. A series of multiple hydrogen-bonding building blocks are described herein, which make the expansion of the research field of hydrogen-bonded supramolecular polymers and allow the fabrication of more new and functional supramolecular polymers. This chapter focuses on linear hydrogen-bonded supramolecular polymers and networks which are described in three parts. The first part is the main-chain supramolecular polymers, in which the polymeric backbone is constructed by noncovalently bonded lowmolecular-weight monomers. The second part is the conventional polymer-based supramolecular polymers, in which the main polymeric backbone part is constructed by covalently bonded conventional polymer, but functionalized by hydrogen-bonding motifs. The last part is supramolecular polymers constructed by orthogonal hydrogen bonding-driven self-assembly and other noncovalent interactions.
IntroductionIn view of the reversible and dynamic nature of noncovalent interactions, supramolecular polymers have attracted much attention in recent years as they not only possess conventional polymeric properties, but also show new distinct material properties, which ensure their potential application in a broad range of fields [1][2][3][4][5]. The secondary interactions involved in the construction of the supramolecular structures include hydrogen bonding, metal-ligand coordination, π-π stacking, ionic interaction, and host-guest interaction etc. Each of these noncovalent interactions