Method for functionalizing a solid material surface with self assembling or self aggregating cyclodextrins and products thereof

1. A method for functionalizing a solid material surface with self assembling cyclodextrins and/or self aggregating cyclodextrins, said method comprising:

a) providing an adsorption solution comprising at least one modified self assembling or self aggregating cyclodextrin and at least two solvents;

b) contacting a solid material surface with the adsorption solution;

c) optionally drying the functionalized solid material surface;

or

a) providing an adsorption solution comprising at least one modified self assembling or self aggregating cyclodextrin and at least one first solvent;

b) contacting a solid material surface with the adsorption solution;

c) optionally drying the functionalized solid material surface;

d) contacting the functionalized solid material surface with at least one second solvent;

e) optionally drying the functionalized solid material surface;

wherein that at least one of the hydroxyl groups (—OH) of said cyclodextrin is modified to —O—(CO)n R1, —NR1R2, —SR1, —N—COR1, or —O—(CO)n OR1;

wherein n is an integer from 0 to 1;

wherein R1, and R2 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, and heteroaryl;

and

wherein at least one solvent is polar and, wherein the Snyder polarity index (P′) of the solvent system in the adsorption solution is less than 9.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the hydrophilic-lipophilic balance (HLB) of the at least one modified self assembling or self aggregating cyclodextrin is in the range of 3-18.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method comprises:

a) providing an adsorption solution comprising at least one modified self assembling cyclodextrin and at least two solvents;

b) contacting a solid material surface with the adsorption solution;

c) optionally drying the functionalized solid material surface;

wherein at least one of the hydroxyl groups (—OH) of said cyclodextrin is modified to —O—(CO)nR; wherein R is a straight or branched aliphatic chain of 2-20 carbons, and n is an integer from 0 to 1.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the adsorption solution comprises the at least two solvents of claim 1 , wherein the Snyder polarity index (P′) of the solvent system in the adsorption solution is decreased by 2 to 85% upon mixing a first solvent of the at least two solvents having the highest individual Snyder polarity index of the at least two solvents with at least a second solvents of the at least two solvents.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the adsorption solution comprises at least two different modified self assembling or self aggregating cyclodextrins.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the solid material surface is selected from the group consisting of: a plastic surface, a polysaccharide surface, a silica oxide surface, a wood surface, a glass surface, a ceramic surface, a textile surface, a metal surface, and a paper surface.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least 5% of the modified self assembling or self aggregating cyclodextrins are complexed with at least one guest molecule.

8. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the solvents for the adsorption solution are selected from the group consisting of water, ethanol, methanol, butanol, isopropanol, tetrahydrofuran, chloroform, propanol, methyl acetate and acetone.

9. A method according to claim 1 wherein the solvents for the adsorption solution are selected from the group consisting of water and ethanol.

10. A method according to claim 1 wherein the surface of the solid material contains at least 0.003 g/cm2 of one or more modified self assembling or self aggregating cyclodextrin.