Transient supramolecular hydrogels formed by catalytic control over molecular self-assembly
Hucheng Wang1, Liqun Liu1, Shengyu Bai1
1State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China. yimingwang@ecust.edu.cn.
Soft Matter
|October 13, 2020
Abstract:
The present work shows how transient supramolecular hydrogels can be formed by catalytically controlled molecular self-assembly. Catalysis formation of molecular gelators leads the self-assembly along a kinetically favored pathway, resulting in transient hydrogels. This work demonstrates an effective approach towards pathway-dependent supramolecular materials.
