Expanding the scope of gels – combining polymers with low-molecular-weight gelators to yield modified self-assembling smart materials with high-tech applications

Multicomponent low molecular weight gelators

(2015) Jaclyn Raeburn et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Convenient Three-Dimensional Cell Culture in Supermolecular Hydrogels

(2014) Ping Li et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Improved Mechanical and Electronic Properties of Co-assembled Folic Acid Gel with Aniline and Polyaniline

(2014) Priyadarshi Chakraborty et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Dual enzymatic formation of hybrid hydrogels with supramolecular-polymeric networks

(2014) Yanjie Mao et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

The Past, Present, and Future of Molecular Gels. What Is the Status of the Field, and Where Is It Going?

(2014) Richard G. Weiss   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Reversible Thermochromic Polymer Film Embedded with Fluorescent Organogel Nanofibers

(2014) Hyungwoo Kim et al.   LANGMUIR

Enhancing the Mechanical Properties of Guanosine-Based Supramolecular Hydrogels with Guanosine-Containing Polymers

(2014) Amanda E. Way et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Synthesis, gelation and topochemical polymerization of meta-linked oligophenylenebutadiynylene derivatives

(2014) Isabelle Levesque et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Insights into organogelation and its kinetics from Hansen solubility parameters. Toward a priori predictions of molecular gelation

(2014) Kevin K. Diehn et al.   Soft Matter

Reinforcement of phenylalanine-based supramolecular hydrogels by hybridizing poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) nanogels

(2014) Qin Wang et al.   RSC Advances

Cooperative Self-Assembly of Peptide Gelators and Proteins

(2013) Nadeem Javid et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Versatile supramolecular pH-tolerant hydrogels which demonstrate pH-dependent selective adsorption of dyes from aqueous solution

(2013) Babatunde O. Okesola et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Post-Self-Assembly Cross-Linking to Integrate Molecular Nanofibers with Copolymers in Oscillatory Hydrogels

(2013) Ye Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

The development of low-molecular weight hydrogels for applications in cancer therapy

(2013) Ran Tian et al.   Nanoscale

Using gel morphology to control pore shape

(2013) Jonathan A. Foster et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

Heat revolution on photophysical properties and electroluminescent performance of Ir(ppy)3-doped bipolar host of oxadiazole derivatives attaching with inert group of tert-butyl moiety

(2013) HongJiao Wang et al.   Science China-Chemistry

Application of solubility theory in bi-component hydrogels of melamine with di(2-ethylhexyl) phosphoric acid

(2013) Kaiqi Fan et al.   Soft Matter

Photo-responsive cholesterol-substituted diacetylenic organogels: morphology tuning, photo-switching and photo-polymerization

(2013) Jin Wang et al.   Soft Matter

Mechanical reinforcement of C2-phenyl-derived hydrogels for controlled cell adhesion

(2013) Ping Li et al.   Soft Matter

Hybrid polymer and low molecular weight gels – dynamic two-component soft materials with both responsive and robust nanoscale networks

(2013) Daniel J. Cornwell et al.   Soft Matter

Novel poly(ethylene glycol) gel electrolytes prepared using self-assembled 1,3:2,4-dibenzylidene-d-sorbitol

(2013) Wei-Chi Lai et al.   Soft Matter

Insights into low molecular mass organic gelators: a focus on drug delivery and tissue engineering applications

(2013) Kathryn J. Skilling et al.   Soft Matter

Using a mild hydrogelation process to confer stable hybrid hydrogels for enzyme immobilization

(2013) Jingyu Wang et al.   RSC Advances

A polymer additive boosts the anti-cancer efficacy of supramolecular nanofibers of taxol

(2013) Chengbiao Yang et al.   Biomaterials Science

Microfabricated Biomaterials for Engineering 3D Tissues

(2012) Pinar Zorlutuna et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Supramolecular gels formed from multi-component low molecular weight species

(2012) Lauren E. Buerkle et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Supramolecular polymeric hydrogels

(2012) Eric A. Appel et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Stimuli-responsive supramolecular polymeric materials

(2012) Xuzhou Yan et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

pH-Tunable Hydrogelators for Water Purification: Structural Optimisation and Evaluation

(2012) Daniel M. Wood et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Gelator-polysaccharide hybrid hydrogel for selective and controllable dye release

(2012) Ping Li et al.   JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Improved mechanical and photophysical properties of chitosan incorporated folic acid gel possessing the characteristics of dye and metal ion absorption

(2012) Priyadarshi Chakraborty et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Liquid-crystalline gels exhibiting electrooptical light scattering properties: fibrous polymerized network of a lysine-based gelator having acrylate moieties

(2012) Hiroki Eimura et al.   POLYMER JOURNAL

The effect of polymer additives on the rheological properties of dipeptide hydrogelators

(2012) Guillaume Pont et al.   Soft Matter

Viscoelastic properties and nanoscale structures of composite oligopeptide-polysaccharide hydrogels

(2011) Laura L. Hyland et al.   BIOPOLYMERS

Fluorescent ‘two-faced’ polymer wafers with embedded pyrene-functionalised gelator nanofibres

(2011) Jamie R. Moffat et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Self-assembling peptide scaffolds for regenerative medicine

(2011) John B. Matson et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Kinetically Controlled Homogenization and Transformation of Crystalline Fiber Networks in Supramolecular Materials

(2011) Jing-Liang Li et al.   CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN

Molecularly Imprinted Polymers: Present and Future Prospective

(2011) Giuseppe Vasapollo et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Self-assembled amino acids and dipeptides as noncovalent hydrogels for tissue engineering

(2011) Derek M. Ryan et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Self-assembling peptide–polysaccharide hybrid hydrogel as a potential carrier for drug delivery

(2011) Renliang Huang et al.   Soft Matter

Mechanical enhancement via self-assembled nanostructures in polymer nanocomposites

(2011) David A. Stone et al.   Soft Matter

Self-sorting multi-gelator gels—mixing and ageing effects in thermally addressable supramolecular soft nanomaterials

(2011) Michelle M. Smith et al.   Soft Matter

Using polymeric additives to enhance molecular gelation: impact of poly(acrylic acid) on pyridine-based gelators

(2011) Yash J. Adhia et al.   Soft Matter

Low molecular weight gelator–dextran composites

(2010) Lin Chen et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Anion tuning and polymer templating in a simple low molecular weight organogelator

(2010) Marc-Oliver M. Piepenbrock et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Supramolecular gel chemistry: developments over the last decade

(2010) Jonathan W. Steed   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

A hybrid hydrogel for efficient removal of methyl violet from aqueous solutions

(2010) Jingyu Wang et al.   COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES

Tailoring drug release profile of low-molecular-weight hydrogels by supramolecular co-assembly and thiol–ene orthogonal coupling

(2010) David Díaz Díaz et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Correlation between gel-forming ability, supramolecular aggregates and main-chain conformation of dendronized polymer gelators

(2010) Zijian Zhang et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

Polymer organogelators that make supramolecular organogels through physical cross-linking and self-assembly

(2009) Masahiro Suzuki et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Controlled Self-Assembly-Synthetic Tunability and Covalent Capture of Nanoscale Gel Morphologies

(2009) Ian A. Coates et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Enhancing Gelation Ability of a Dendritic Gelator through Complexation with a Polyelectrolyte

(2009) Zijian Zhang et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Amino Acid Based Low-Molecular-Weight Ionogels as Efficient Dye-Adsorbing Agents and Templates for the Synthesis of TiO2Nanoparticles

(2009) Sounak Dutta et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Incorporation of supramolecular hydrogels into agarose hydrogels—a potential drug delivery carrier

(2009) Jingyu Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Supramolecular gels ‘in action’

(2009) Supratim Banerjee et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Microengineering of Soft Functional Materials by Controlling the Fiber Network Formation

(2009) Jing-Liang Li et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Hybrid Thermoreversible Gels from Covalent Polymers and Organogels†

(2009) D. Dasgupta et al.   LANGMUIR

Metathesis within Self-Assembled Gels: Transcribing Nanostructured Soft Materials into a More Robust Form†

(2009) Jamie R. Moffat et al.   LANGMUIR

We Can Design Molecular Gelators, But Do We Understand Them?†

(2009) Jan H. van Esch   LANGMUIR

Study on the Gel to Crystal Transition of a Novel Sugar-Appended Gelator

(2009) Jiaxi Cui et al.   LANGMUIR

Molecular Level Control over Hierarchical Structure Formation and Polymerization of Oligopeptide-Polymer Conjugates

(2008) E. Jahnke et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

High-Tech Applications of Self-Assembling Supramolecular Nanostructured Gel-Phase Materials: From Regenerative Medicine to Electronic Devices

(2008) Andrew R. Hirst et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Nanostructured polymers with embedded self-assembled reactive gel networks

(2008) Jamie R. Moffat et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Metastable two-component gel—exploring the gel–crystal interface

(2008) Jamie R. Moffat et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Embedding Nanofibers in a Polymer Matrix by Polymerization of Organogels Comprising Heterobifunctional Organogelators and Monomeric Solvents

(2008) Suk Hoon Kang et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Strength Enhancement of Nanostructured Organogels through Inclusion of Phthalocyanine-Containing Complementary Organogelator Structures and In Situ Cross-Linking by Click Chemistry

(2008) David Díaz Díaz et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Selective adsorption of D- and L-phenylalanine on molecularly-imprinted polymerized organogels formed using polymerizable gelatorN-octadecyl maleamic acid

(2008) Shengzu Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF SEPARATION SCIENCE

Use of Fluorescence Spectroscopy To Study Polymeric Materials with Porous Structure Based on Imprinting by Self-Assembled Fibrillar Networks

(2008) M. Isabel Burguete et al.   LANGMUIR

Creation of polynucleotide-assisted molecular assemblies in organic solvents: general strategy toward the creation of artificial DNA-like nanoarchitectures

(2008) Munenori Numata et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY