A Nanoreactor for Tuning the Chemical Reactivity of a Solute.

Present results demonstrate that the redox potential and hence the chemical reactivity of a solute dissolved in a polymer−surfactant supramolecular assembly, considered as a nanoreactor, can be tuned substantially by changing the composition of the supramolecular assembly. It is understood from detailed study that, on changing the polymer−surfactant composition of the supramolecular assembly, the probe undergoes a change in its location in these nanoreactors and accordingly its physical and chemical properties can be modulated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]