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Targetable Mechanical Properties by Switching between Self‐Sorting and Co‐assembly with In Situ Formed Tripodal Ketoenamine Supramolecular Hydrogels
Author(s) -
Foster Jamie S.,
Prentice Andrew W.,
Forgan Ross S.,
Paterson Martin J.,
Lloyd Gareth O.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
chemnanomat
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.947
H-Index - 32
ISSN - 2199-692X
DOI - 10.1002/cnma.201800198
Subject(s) - supramolecular chemistry , self healing hydrogels , in situ , nanostructure , self assembly , reactivity (psychology) , materials science , nanotechnology , sorting , polymer chemistry , chemical engineering , chemistry , molecule , organic chemistry , computer science , engineering , alternative medicine , pathology , medicine , programming language
Abstract A new family of supramolecular hydrogelators are introduced in which self‐sorting and co‐assembly can be utilised in the tuneability of the mechanical properties of the materials, a property closely tied to the nanostructure of the gel network. The in situ reactivity of the components of the gelators allows for system chemistry concepts to be applied to the formation of the gels and shows that molecular properties, and not necessarily the chemical identity, determines some gel properties in these family of gels.