Cyclodextrin-Graphene Supramolecular System

Cyclodextrins, composed by D-glucose units linked by α-1,4-glucose bonds, have excellent molecule recognition ability for their particular structures.Graphene is a class of materials with good electrochemistry properties composed by one-atom-thick planar sheets of sp-bonded carbon atoms.As a famous "rising star", graphene is the hot topics in recent five years.Among the various graphene materials, cyclodextrin-graphene supramolecular systems can combine their advantages and also introduce novel properties.This paper reviews the recent research condition of the cyclodextrin-graphene supramolecular systems: the system is classified into covalently-bonded and non-covalently-bonded systems for the interaction modes; The applications in drug carrying & release and electrochemistry detection (including drug molecules, pollutant and biomolecules) are reviewed; The prospects in the area of drug loading and release, mimic of bio-nitrogen-fixation-process, fuel cell and electron conducting study are raised.