This tutorial review summarizes the continuing exploration of three prominent water-soluble hosts: cucurbiturils, pillar[n]arenes and deep-cavity cavitands. As we describe, these hosts are revealing how orchestrating the hydrophobic effect can lead to a broad range of properties and applications, from: nano-reactors, supramolecular polymers, stimuli-responsive biointerfaces, switches, and novel purification devices. We also describe how their study is also revealing more details about the properties of water and aqueous solutions.

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葫芦[ n ] urils，柱[ n ]芳烃和深腔空泡的水超分子化学

本教程概述总结了对三种主要水溶性宿主的持续探索：葫芦科植物，支柱[ n ]芳烃和深腔cavitands。正如我们所描述的，这些宿主揭示了如何协调疏水作用可以导致广泛的特性和应用，例如：纳米反应器，超分子聚合物，刺激反应性生物界面，开关和新型纯化装置。我们还将描述他们的研究如何还揭示有关水和水溶液性质的更多细节。