Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemical Communications, 1(47), p. 164-166
DOI: 10.1039/c0cc03250f
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A gold nanoparticle-polymer composite material has been prepared in water using cucurbit[8]uril as a supramolecular "handcuff" to hold together viologen-functionalised gold nanoparticles and a naphthol-functionalised acrylamide copolymer.