Advances in Supramolecular Polymer Gels
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Networks and Gels".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 February 2023) | Viewed by 7090
Special Issue Editors
Interests: gels; supramolecular chemistry; self-assembly; soft materials
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Over the last few decades, supramolecular polymers created from the assembly of monomer units through non-covalent interactions have attracted increasing attention. Due to their dynamic nature, they often possess unique properties, such as stimuli-responsiveness, self-healing capabilities, and shape-memory effect, which make them exceptional candidates for the development of smart functional materials and devices. Supramolecular polymer gels (comprising hydro-, organo-, or metallogels) represent an important subclass in the area of supramolecular polymers. Recent intensive investigations carried out by many research groups around the world have resulted in enormous advancements in the understating of the underlying forces responsible for the formation of these soft materials. Furthermore, recent developments promise indeed many advanced applications to be soon available in several fields, including molecular recognition and sensing, selective adsorption and separation, but also biological imaging and drug delivery.
With this Special Issue, we aim to bring attention to some of the new advances in the field of supramolecular polymer gels, from fundamental aspects to applications as soft functional materials and to present future exciting directions for new developments of the field. We would like to take this opportunity to invite contributions from experts in this research area, and we welcome both original research papers as well as review articles.
Prof. Dr. Cametti Massimo
Dr. Zoran Džolić
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- supramolecular polymers
- soft materials
- stimuli-responsive gels
- self-assembly
- intermolecular interactions
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