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Published on: September 6, 2024
Targetable Mechanical Properties by Switching between Self-Sorting and Co-assembly with In Situ Formed Tripodal
Jamie S Foster1, Andrew W Prentice1, Ross S Forgan2
1Institute of Chemical Sciences, School of Engineering and Physical Sciences Heriot-Watt University William Perkin Building Edinburgh Scotland, United Kingdom EH11 4AS.
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.
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