Effect of association of dicarboxylic acids activated by TsCl/DMF/pyridine upon the copolycondensation with bisphenols

When a mixture of terephthalic acid (TPA) and various dicarboxylic acids was activated by tosyl chloride (TsCl)/dimethyl‐ formamide (DMF)/pyridine (Py), the resulting mixture became dissolved in Py, although the activated TPA was insoluble even at 120 °C. The temperature at which the mixture became soluble was varied with their compositions and the structure of diacids. Mixing the separately activated TPA and isophthalic acid (IPA) also improved the solubility of the activated TPA to some extent. The interesting phenomena were attributed to associations of the activated diacids through the dipole–dipole interactions between the carbonyl groups. The structures of associates were estimated in terms of transition temperatures of the thermotropic IPA/TPA‐methylhydroquinone and IPA/TPA‐chlorohydroquinone copolymers. The transition temperatures were significantly affected by the temperature of polycondensation, the preparative procedures of a mixture of the activated diacids, and several additives. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 39: 196–201, 2001     

Copolycondensation of various compositions of isophthalic acid and terephthalic acid with hydroquinones or bisphenols by tosyl chloride/dimethylformamide/pyridine

The polycondensation of isophthalic acid (IPA)/terephthalic acid (TPA) with aromatic diols by tosyl chloride/dimethylformamide/pyridine in solution was examined through changes in the IPA/TPA compositions, the kinds of dihydroxyl components, the periods of their addition, and the reaction temperatures. The reaction proceeded favorably at IPA/TPA ratios of 70/30 to 50/50, similarly to an earlier report on the interfacial reaction. The effects of the compositions were significant in the reactions with monosubstituted hydroquinones. The results were examined from distributions of the resulting oligomers prepared at a reaction extent of 0.7, determined by gel permeation chromatography. The reaction producing better results exhibited distributions closer to the theoretical ones. The period of addition also favorably affected the distributions as well as the results of the polycondensation. These results were attributed to the change in the reaction method, in which the diols reacted with the aggregates that formed from the activated IPA and TPA. The change was likely caused by the degree of association of IPA and TPA in the aggregates, on the basis of melting points and IR spectra of mixtures of dimethyl esters of IPA and TPA prepared by the quenching of the aggregates with methanol. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 42: 2321–2328, 2004     

Preparation of copolyesters from diols and bisphenols by the solution polycondensation with TsCl/DMF/Py as a condensing agent

A novel synthetic method for the preparation of copolyesters comprised of diols and bisphenols using tosyl chloride (TsCl)/DMF/pyridine (Py) as a condensing agent has been developed. A variety of combinations of monomers could produce relatively high molecular weight copolymers, and better results were obtained by initial oligomerization of diols followed by bisphenols. In order to demonstrate usefulness of this method, copolymers comprised of IPA/TPA (50/50), bis(2‐hydroxyethyl)terephthalate (BHET),and several bisphenols were prepared and compared to the poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) modified by TPA and 2,2‐bis(4‐hydroxyphenyl)propane (BPA) diacetate in terms of their thermal properties. The length of mesogenic unit segments in the thermotropic IPA/TPA (50/50)‐BHET/ 4,4′‐dihydroxybenzophenone (4,4′‐DHBP) (50/50) copolymer was changed by initial reaction of BHET followed by dropwise addition of 4,4′‐DHBP in the two‐stage polycondensation and also by varying the amounts of BHET used at the initial and final stages in the three‐stage copolycondensation, and the results were studied by NMR and their thermal properties. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 38: 1270–1276, 2000     

The effect of compositions and combinations of the reactants upon the copolycondensation of isophthalic acid/terephthalic acid with a combination of hydroquinones and bisphenols by tosyl chloride/dimethylformamide/pyridine

Copolycondensation of isophthalic acid (IPA)/terephthalic acid (TPA) with various combinations of 2,2‐bis(4‐hydroxyphenyl)propane (BPA) and hydroquinones (HQs) or bisphenols (BPs) was conducted to study the effects of the compositions of IPA/TPA and of BPA/HQs or BPA/BPs upon the reaction. Different from homopolycondensation of each of diol components examined where most of the reaction was facilitated by lower contents of IPA at about 70 mol %, the copolycondensation was influenced by a combination of diol components. With chlorohydroquinone (ClHQ) or bis(4‐hydroxyphenyl)sulfone (BPS) having a polar chlorine or sulfonyl substituent, the reaction proceeded most satisfactorily at IPA/TPA = 30/70, whereas it was IPA/TPA = 50/50 for the reaction with nonpolar methyl substituted methylhydroquinone (MeHQ). The reaction with 2,2‐bis(3,5‐dichloro‐4‐hydroxyphenyl)propane (TC‐BPA), despite having polar chlorine substituents in TC‐BPA, was not affected by IPA/TPA compositions. Alternatively, from the viewpoint of the compositions of diol components, the reactions containing 30–50 mol % of HQs or BPS yielded better results except for the reaction of IPA/TPA = 70/30, in which higher contents of MeHQ was more favorable. On the basis of sequence distributions of diol components in the resultant copolymers determined by NMR, compositions of IPA/TPA or diol components and combinations of the diols producing random copolymers yielded better results in copolycondensation. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 42: 1100–1106, 2004     

Promoted random orientation of the phenyl substituent of phenylhydroquinone–terephthalic acid polyesters prepared with a diphenyl chlorophosphate/pyridine condensing agent

The reaction of sterically hindered hydroxyl groups at the 2-position of methylhydroquinone and phenylhydroquinone (PhHQ) to form esters was largely promoted by their slow addition to benzoic acid activated by diphenyl chlorophosphate in pyridine. A modification of this reaction was applied to the preparation of thermotropic terephthalic acid/PhHQ and 2,5-dichloroterephthalic acid/PhHQ polymers with randomly oriented phenyl substituents, and the properties of the polymers were studied in terms of their transition temperatures, which were determined by differential scanning calorimetry and microscopic observation. The melting points were lowered by about 30–50 °C by the dropwise addition of PhHQ over 10–30 min. The molecular structures of the 2,5-dichloroterephthalic acid/PhHQ polymers were studied by ¹³C NMR. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 39: 1726–1732, 2001     

非晶聚对苯二甲酸乙二酯的制备与表征

通过单体酯交换法和聚 2 ,6 萘二甲酸乙二酯 (PEN)与低分子量PET酯交换的方法分别合成了一系列NPA/TPA/EG和IPA/TPA/EG共聚酯 .随着NPA或IPA单元含量的增加 ,等温结晶速度迅速降低 ,共聚物的结晶性降低甚至非晶化 .由NMR分析得知单体酯交换法与聚合物酯交换法得到的共聚酯NPA/TPA/EG序列分布相近 ,链结构都接近完全无规 .由DSC结果分析 ,随共聚单体含量的增加 ,熔点和熔融热降低 ,结晶度也随之降低 .当NPA或IPA含量达到 2 0 %时 ,可以得到非晶的共聚酯 (APET) .本文还对共聚物组成与结晶温度的关系进行了表征     

Polyesters by lipase-catalyzed polycondensation of unsaturated and epoxidized long-chain α,ω-dicarboxylic acid methyl esters with diols

Long-chain, symmetrically unsaturated α,ω-dicarboxylic acid methyl esters (C₁₈, C₂₀, C₂₆) were obtained by the catalytic metathetical condensation of 9-decenoic, 10-undecenoic, and 13-tetradecenoic acid methyl esters, respectively, with the homogeneous Grubbs catalyst bis(tricyclohexyl phosphine) benzylidene ruthenium dichloride dissolved in methylene chloride. The dicarboxylic acid esters were epoxidized chemoenzymatically with H₂O₂/methyl acetate with Novozym 435^®, an immobilized lipase B from Candida antarctica. Polyesters from symmetrically unsaturated or epoxidized α,ω-dicarboxylic acid methyl esters with 1,3-propanediol or 1,4-butanediol, respectively, were achieved by enzymatic polycondensation with the same biocatalyst applied. With 1,3-propanediol as a substrate, the linear unsaturated and epoxidized polyesters had molecular weights of 1950–3300 g/mol and melting points of 47–75 °C, whereas with 1,4-butanediol as a substrate, the resulting polyesters showed higher molecular weights, 7900–11,600 g/mol, with similar melting points of 55–74 °C. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 39: 1601–1609, 2001     

Synthesis and characterization of fully aromatic thermotropic liquid‐crystalline copolyesters containing m‐hydroxybenzoic acid units

A series of fully aromatic copolyesters based on p‐acetoxybenzoic acid (p‐ABA), hydroquinone diacetate (HQDA), terephthalic acid (TPA), and m‐acetoxybenzoic acid (m‐ABA) were prepared by a modified melt‐polycondensation reaction. The copolyesters were characterized by DSC, thermogravimetric analysis, ¹H NMR, polarized optical microscopy, X‐ray diffraction, and intrinsic viscosity measurements. The copolyesters exhibited nematic liquid‐crystalline phases in a broad temperature range of about 150 °C, when the content of linear (p‐ABA, HQDA, and TPA) units was over 67 mol %. DSC analysis of the anisotropic copolyesters revealed broad endotherms associated with the nematic phases, and the melting or flow temperatures were found to be in the processable region. The flow temperatures and crystal‐to‐nematic and nematic‐to‐isotropic transitions depend on the type of linear monomer units, and these transitions increased as the content of the p‐ABA units increased, as compared to the HQDA/TPA units. When the content of the p‐ABA units increased, as compared to other linear units (HQDA and TPA), the intrinsic viscosity and degree of crystallinity of the copolyesters also increased, implying a higher reactivity for p‐ABA in the p‐ABA/HQDA/TPA/m‐ABA polymer system. The aromatic region in the ¹H NMR spectra of the copolyesters containing equal molar compositions of p‐ABA, HQDA, and TPA units were sensitive to the sequence distribution of aromatic rings. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 39: 3263–3277, 2001     

Two‐stage copolycondensation of preformed oligomers with bisphenols by tosyl chloride/dimethylformamide/pyridine from distributions of resulting oligomers determined by a combination of gel permeation chromatography and NMR

A two‐stage co‐oligomerization of the oligomers initially formed from an equimolar mixture of isophthalic acid (IPA) and terephthalic acid (TPA) and 2,2‐bis(4‐hydroxyphenyl)propane (BPA, 50 mol %) with bisphenols (BPs, 20 mol %) was carried out using a tosyl chloride/dimethylformamide/pyridine condensing agent. The distributions of the resulting oligomers (n_x‐mers), which were quenched with methanol, were determined by a combination of gel permeation chromatography (GPC) and NMR. These distributions (presented by molar percentage) were conveniently calculated with the equation n_x (mol %) = n_x (% mol by GPC) × n₀ (mol % by NMR)/n₀ (% mol by GPC), where n_x (% mol) = n_x (wt % by GPC)/its molecular weight. The results showed the distributions of the preformed IPA/TPA‐BPA oligomers to be in fairly good accord with those obtained directly from GPC and to be supported by the NMR results. The calculation was applied to the co‐oligomers prepared up to a reaction of 0.7, at which there was an increase in the number of higher oligomers indivisible by GPC and the distributions could no longer be determined by molar percentage. The calculated distributions are discussed in relation to the results of copolycondensation. The sequence distributions in the resulting co‐oligomers, which were also examined by NMR, are compared with those in the copolymers. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 42: 44–51, 2004     

Controlled stereochemistry of polyamides derived from cis/trans‐1,4‐cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid

A series of copolyamides 12.y was synthesized either with y = 6, or 1,4‐cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid (1,4‐CHDA) residue, or a mixture of both. The influence of the synthetic route of 1,4‐CHDA containing polyamides on the obtained cis–trans ratio of the incorporated 1,4‐CHDA was investigated. The use of acid chlorides provided a synthetic route with full control of the cis–trans ratio of the 1,4‐CHDA residue during synthesis, whereas synthesis at elevated pressure and temperature caused isomerization. The content and cis–trans ratio of 1,4‐CHDA in the copolyamides were determined by solution ¹³C NMR spectroscopy. Increasing the degree of partial substitution of the adipic acid by 1,4‐CHDA resulted in an increase in T_m, even for low molar precentages of 1,4‐CHDA. This phenomenon points to isomorphous crystallization of both the 12.6 and 12.CHDA repeating units. The mps of the synthesized polyamides were independent of the initial cis–trans ratio of 1,4‐CHDA, provided that the samples were annealed at 300 °C before DSC analysis. The polyamides exhibited a different melting pattern depending on the 1,4‐CHDA content. At a low a 1,4‐CHDA content a net exothermic recrystallization occurred during melting, whereas at higher contents of 1,4‐CHDA this recrystallization occurs to a lesser extent, and two separate melting areas are observed. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 39: 833–840, 2001     

Large melting point depression of 2–3‐nm length‐scale nanocrystals formed by the self‐assembly of an associative polymer: Telechelic,pyrene‐labeled poly(dimethylsiloxane)

Large melting point depressions for organic nanocrystals, in comparison with those of the bulk, were observed in an associative polymer: telechelic, pyrene‐labeled poly(dimethylsiloxane) (Py‐PDMS‐Py). Nanocrystals formed within nanoaggregates of pyrenyl units that were immiscible in poly(dimethylsiloxane). For 5 and 7 kg/mol Py‐PDMS‐Py, physical gels resulted, with melting points exceeding 40 °C and with small‐angle X‐ray scattering peaks indicating that the crystals were nanoconfined, were 2–3 nm long, and contained roughly 18–30 pyrenyl dye end units. In contrast, 30 kg/mol Py‐PDMS‐PY was not a gel and exhibited no scattering peak at room temperature; however, after 12 h of annealing at ?5 °C, multiple melting peaks were present at 5–30 °C. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 42: 3470–3475, 2004     

Synthesis of thianthrene‐5,5,10,10‐tetraoxide‐containing polyimides via Yamazaki–Higashi phosphorylation method and their pervaporation properties to aromatic/nonaromatic hydrocarbon mixtures

High molecular weight polyimide was successfully prepared from thianthrene‐2,3,7,8‐tetracarboxylic acid‐5,5,10,10‐tetraoxide (TADATO‐4A) and 3,7‐diamino‐2,8(6)‐dimethyldibenzothiophene sulfone (DDBT) via the Yamazaki–Higashi phosphorylation method in the presence of triphenyl phosphite (TPP) and pyridine (Py). The obtained polyimide showed about 3–4 times larger inherent viscosity than that prepared by the conventional two‐step method in which the anhydride form (TADATO) of TADATO‐4A was used. The combination of the conventional two‐step method and Yamazaki–Higashi phosphorylation method, in which a dianhydride monomer [3,3′,4,4′‐diphenylsulfonetetracarboxylic dianhydride (DSDA)] was allowed to react with excessive DDBT to form an amine end‐capped polyamic acid oligomer and subsequently the oligomer was further polymerized with TADATO‐4A in the presence of TPP and Py, succeeded in giving the high molecular weight copolyimide, TADATO/DSDA(1/1)‐DDBT. However, both TADATO‐DDBT and TADATO/DSDA(1/1)‐DDBT showed fairly poor thermal stability due to the highly rigid structures. The pervaporation (PV) properties of the prepared polyimide membranes for benzene/cyclohexane (Bz/Cx) and benzene/n‐hexane (Bz/n‐Hx) mixtures were investigated. TADATO‐DDBT showed similar PV performance to DSDA‐DDBT at 60 °C. The sorption measurement revealed that these two kinds of polyimide membranes had a similar sorption amount, solubility selectivity, and diffusivity selectivity. The PV performance of TADATO/DSDA(1/1)‐DDBT was also found similar to DSDA‐DDBT for Bz/Cx mixture. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 38: 895–906, 2000     

Synthesis and specific biodegradation of novel polyesteramides containing amino acid residues

Novel polyesteramides were synthesized from p‐nitrophenyl esters of sebacic or adipic acids and diamines containing α‐amino acid ester groups. The optimal polymerization condition was 60 °C in N,N‐dimethylformamide. The structures of these polymers were confirmed by IR and NMR. The number‐average molecular weights of these polyesteramides ranged from 2280 to 23,600 (except for the polymers containing glycine residues), depending on the nature of the amino acid used. The biodegradability of the polyesteramides was investigated by in vitro hydrolysis with proteases and a lipase as catalysts in borate buffer solutions. The results indicated that the polymers containing L ‐phenylalanine were hydrolyzed most effectively by α‐chymotrypsin, subtilisin Carlsberg, and subtilisin BPN′. The polyesteramides containing other amino acid residues also underwent hydrolysis to different extents, reflecting the substrate specificity of the proteases. Lipase had almost no effect on the hydrolytic degradation of these polyesteramides. The polymers containing glycine residues were hardly decomposed by any of the enzymes used. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 39: 1318–1328, 2001     

New polymer syntheses. CIX. Biodegradable,alternating copolyesters of terephthalic acid,aliphatic dicarboxylic acids,and alkane diols

Copolyesters with an alternating sequence of terephthalic acid and aliphatic dicarboxylic acids were prepared with three different methods. First, dicarboxylic acid dichlorides were reacted with bis(2‐hydroxyethyl)terephthalate (BHET) in refluxing 1,2‐dichlorobenzene. Second, the same monomers were polycondensed at 0–20 °C in the presence of pyridine. Third, dicarboxylic acid dichlorides and silylated BHET were polycondensed in bulk. Only this third method gave satisfactory molecular weights. Matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry revealed that the copolyesters prepared by the pyridine and silyl methods might have contained considerable fractions of cyclic oligoesters and polyesters despite the absence of transesterification and backbiting processes. The alternating sequences and thermal properties were characterized with ¹H NMR spectroscopy and differential scanning calorimetry measurements, respectively. In agreement with the alternating sequence, all copolyesters proved to be crystalline, but the crystallization was extremely slow [slower than that of poly(ethylene terephthalate)]. A second series of alternating copolyesters was prepared by the polycondensation of silylated bis(4‐hydroxybut‐ yl)terephthalate with various aliphatic dicarboxylic acid dichlorides. The resulting copolyesters showed significantly higher rates of crystallization, and the melting temperatures were higher than those of the BHET‐based copolyesters. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 39: 3371–3382, 2001     

Long‐lived species generated via irradiation of poly(methyl methacrylate) containing pyrene

The fate of long‐lived species [pyrene (Py) radical cations and Py–cyclohexadienyl‐type radicals] generated by electron‐beam irradiation at room temperature in poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) doped with Py is described. The separation of reacting solute intermediates and the relaxation phenomena seem to be the main factors limiting the reactivity of long‐lived Py species in the PMMA matrix. The temperature‐stimulated recombination of ionic species in PMMA doped with Py results in Py excited‐state formation. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 39: 4110–4118, 2001     

Preparation of polysiloxanes from silicic acid. III. Preparation and properties of polysilicic acid butyl esters

Polysilicic acid butyl esters were prepared from 1-butanol and silicic acid extracted from sodium metasilicate solution and water glass with tetrahydrofuran and hydrochloric acid. The properties of the esters were dependent on the degree of esterification (DE). The esters with a DE of less than ca. 60% could be isolated by precipitation with hexane and were highly liable to self-condensation, whereas those with more than 60% DE were soluble in solvents and could not be precipitated easily. They underwent further condensation to form highly polymerized esters. Subsequent silylation allowed the isolation and characterization of these esters. The solvent-soluble silylated esters had moderate thermal stability with decomposition points between 210 and 260°C and number-average molecular weights of 10,000–30,000. From the evaluation of units structures of silylate it was suggested that polymer backbone was a pseudoladder structure.     

Molecular composites composed of castor oil‐modified poly(ε‐caprolactone) and self‐assembled hydroxystearic acid fibers

After (R)‐12‐hydroxystearic acid (HSA) was mixed at 100 °C with the castor oil‐modified poly(ε‐caprolactone) (CO‐PCL) prepared by the ring‐opening polymerization of ε‐caprolactone in the presence of castor oil, the mixture was gradually cooled to room temperature to give a solidified CO‐PCL/HSA composite. The CO‐PCL/HSA sample showed an exothermic peak at around 67–71 °C which was lower than the melting point of HSA (76.8 °C), indicating the formation of mesogenic HSA aggregates. The rheological measurement of the CO‐PCL/HSA revealed the formation of HSA organogel at around 67–55 °C during the cooling process from the melt. Furthermore, the polarized and normal optical microscopic analyses of CO‐PCL/HSA on the cooling stage revealed that anisotropic fibrous materials are formed at around 60 °C and then the fibrous network propagated over the matrix polymer. The flexural modulus and storage modulus of the CO‐PCL/HSA composite increased with increasing HSA content. The CO‐PCL/HSA composite annealed at 60 °C for 2 h on the cooling process had a higher flexural and storage modulus than the sample without annealing. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 48: 1281–1289, 2010     

Grafting of optically active nucleic acid base derivatives onto poly(vinylamine) as polynucleotide analogs

Polynucleotide analogs consisting of poly(vinylamine) as the backbone and optically active thymine and adenine derivatives as the pendants were synthesized. The pendants were prepared by the addition reaction of the nucleic acid base to ethyl crotonate followed by hydrolysis. The pendants were resolved using brucine as the resolving agent and an acetone-water mixture as the fractional crystallization solvent. The active esters of the pendants also were prepared. Poly(vinylamine) was isolated from water employing a weak acid, N-hydroxysuccinimide (HOSu), to protect the amino group of the poly(vinylamine). Model reactions for grafting were examined. Grafting reactions were carried out by reacting the active esters with the PVAm.6HOSu complex at room temperature.     

Solution polycondensation of isophthalic acid/terephthalic acid and tetrachlorobisphenol A of low polymerizability with tosyl chloride/dimethylformamide/pyridine improved by the introduction of comonomers of smaller sizes

The copolycondensations of a mixture of equal parts of isophthalic acid and terephthalic acid with tetrachlorobisphenol A (TC‐BPA) and various aromatic diol comonomers were performed with a tosyl chloride/dimethylformamide/pyridine condensing agent. The reaction with bisphenols containing nonpolar substituents yielded better results than the reaction with polar groups did. Dihydroxybenzenes smaller in size than bisphenols of two benzene rings, especially chlorohydroquinone and chlororesorcinol, were satisfactorily incorporated and yielded copolymers of high inherent viscosities and weight‐average molecular weights (by gel permeation chromatography). The results of the copolycondensations were examined with sequence distributions in the resultant copolymers by NMR and were well evaluated by the ratio of the length of comonomer unit segments to TC‐BPA unit segments. Homopolycondensation with TC‐BPA in the presence of dichlorobenzenes as additives was also promoted to some extent. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 41: 821–830, 2003     

Supramolecular Polymer Hydrogels from Bolaamphiphilic L‐Histidine and Benzene Dicarboxylic Acids: Thixotropy and Significant Enhancement of EuIII Fluorescence

Supramolecular polymers from the bolaamphiphilic L ‐histidine ( BolaHis ) and benzene dicarboxylic acids (o‐phthalic acid, OPA ; isophthalic acid, IPA and terephthalic acid, TPA ) were found to form hydrogels although neither of the single components could gel water. It was suggested that the hydrogen bond and ionic interactions among different imidazole and carboxylic acid groups are responsible for the formation of the supramolecular polymer as well as the hydrogel formation. Depending on the structures of the dicarboxylic acids, different behaviors of the gels were observed. The hydrogels from OPA / BolaHis and IPA / BolaHis showed thixotropic properties, that is, the hydrogel was destroyed by hand shaking and then slowly gelated again at room temperature. However, the hydrogels of TPA / BolaHis could not. Interestingly, when Eu^III was doped into IPA / BolaHis supramolecular polymers, very strong luminescence enhancement was observed. FT‐IR spectroscopies and XRD analysis revealed that the strong luminescence enhancement could be attributed to the matched supramolecular nanostructures, which render the correct binding and a good dispersion of Eu^III ions. The work offers a new approach for fabricating functional hydrogels through the supramolecular polymers.