[HTML][HTML] Smart/stimuli-responsive hydrogels: Cutting-edge platforms for tissue engineering and other biomedical applications

HM El-Husseiny, EA Mady, L Hamabe, A Abugomaa… - Materials Today Bio, 2022 - Elsevier
Recently, biomedicine and tissue regeneration have emerged as great advances that
impacted the spectrum of healthcare. This left the door open for further improvement of their …

Nanoparticles enhanced phase change materials (NePCMs)-A recent review

SL Tariq, HM Ali, MA Akram, MM Janjua… - Applied Thermal …, 2020 - Elsevier
Phase change materials (PCMs) play a prime role in the development of sustainable energy
and engineering systems for viable future, with their remarkable phase change properties …

[HTML][HTML] Low-molecular-weight gels: the state of the art

ER Draper, DJ Adams - Chem, 2017 - cell.com
Low-molecular-weight gels are currently a hugely important class of materials that are
attracting significant interest. These gels are formed when small molecules self-assemble …

The halogen bond

G Cavallo, P Metrangolo, R Milani, T Pilati… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The halogen bond occurs when there is evidence of a net attractive interaction between an
electrophilic region associated with a halogen atom in a molecular entity and a nucleophilic …

Supramolecular hydrogelators and hydrogels: from soft matter to molecular biomaterials

X Du, J Zhou, J Shi, B Xu - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
In this review we intend to provide a relatively comprehensive summary of the work of
supramolecular hydrogelators after 2004 and to put emphasis particularly on the …

Phenolic building blocks for the assembly of functional materials

MA Rahim, SL Kristufek, S Pan… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Phenolic materials have long been known for their use in inks, wood coatings, and leather
tanning. However, there has recently been a renewed interest in engineering advanced …

Surface modification of water purification membranes

DJ Miller, DR Dreyer, CW Bielawski… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Polymeric membranes are an energy‐efficient means of purifying water, but they suffer from
fouling during filtration. Modification of the membrane surface is one route to mitigating …

Halogen bonding in supramolecular chemistry

LC Gilday, SW Robinson, TA Barendt… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Supramolecular chemistry is “the chemistry of the intermolecular bond, covering the
structures and functions of the entities formed by association of two or more chemical …

Applying low-molecular weight supramolecular gelators in an environmental setting–self-assembled gels as smart materials for pollutant removal

BO Okesola, DK Smith - Chemical Society Reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
This review explores supramolecular gels as materials for environmental remediation.
These soft materials are formed by self-assembling low-molecular-weight building blocks …

Small molecule-based supramolecular-polymer double-network hydrogel electrolytes for ultra-stretchable and waterproof Zn–air batteries working from− 50 to 100° C

C Gu, XQ **e, Y Liang, J Li, H Wang, K Wang… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The continuing boom in the field of soft electronics has boosted the development of highly
stretchable and environment-adaptable energy storage devices based on hydrogel …