Free-standing supramolecular hydrogel objects by reaction-diffusion

Reaction-diffusion controls the spatial formation of many natural structures but is rarely applied to organic materials. Here, the authors couple reaction-diffusion to the self-assembly of a supramolecular gelator, introducing a strategy to forming soft, free-standing objects with controlled shape a...

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Main Authors: Matija Lovrak, Wouter E. J. Hendriksen, Chandan Maity, Serhii Mytnyk, Volkert van Steijn, Rienk Eelkema, Jan H. van Esch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15317