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Frontispiece: Urea‐Urease Reaction in Controlling Properties of Supramolecular Hydrogels: Pros and Cons
Author(s) -
Panja Santanu,
Adams Dave J.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.202183563
Subject(s) - urease , urea , self healing hydrogels , supramolecular chemistry , chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , catalysis , ammonia , polymer chemistry , organic chemistry , molecule
The urease‐urea reaction can be used to control the specific properties of supramolecular hydrogels, which thereby can be used for different applications such as cell culturing, catalysis or drug delivery, to just name a few. The urease‐urea reaction involves the formation of ammonia, which in turn influences the pH and thereby provides an option to prepare gels with different properties. More information can be found in the Minireview article by S. Panja and D. J. Adams on page 8928 ff.