Soft materials by design: unconventional polymer networks give extreme properties

X Zhao, X Chen, H Yuk, S Lin, X Liu… - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Hydrogels are polymer networks infiltrated with water. Many biological hydrogels in animal
bodies such as muscles, heart valves, cartilages, and tendons possess extreme mechanical …

Tissue adhesive hydrogel bioelectronics

S Li, Y Cong, J Fu - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Flexible bioelectronics have promising applications in electronic skin, wearable devices,
biomedical electronics, etc. Hydrogels have unique advantages for bioelectronics due to …

Carbon nanotubes/hydrophobically associated hydrogels as ultrastretchable, highly sensitive, stable strain, and pressure sensors

Z Qin, X Sun, Q Yu, H Zhang, X Wu, M Yao… - … applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Conductive hydrogels have become one of the most promising materials for skin-like
sensors because of their excellent biocompatibility and mechanical flexibility. However, the …

Recent advances in three-dimensional graphene based materials for catalysis applications

B Qiu, M Xing, J Zhang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the past few decades, two-dimensional graphene based materials (2DGMs) have
piqued the interest of scientists worldwide, and the exploration of their potential applications …

2D MXene nanofilms with tunable gas transport channels

J Shen, G Liu, Y Ji, Q Liu, L Cheng… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 2D materials' membranes with well‐defined nanochannels are promising for
precise molecular separation. Herein, the design and engineering of atomically thin 2D …

Functional π-gelators and their applications

SS Babu, VK Praveen, A Ajayaghosh - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
Supramolecular chemistry originally defined by Lehn as “chemistry beyond molecules”
exploits noncovalent interactions between molecules to form 1D, 2D, and 3D …

Superstructured assembly of nanocarbons: fullerenes, nanotubes, and graphene

Z Li, Z Liu, H Sun, C Gao - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Carbon is one of the basic elements for life on Earth. It exists in diverse allotropic forms while
being different in chemical and physical properties. The best well-known natural allotropes …

Membranes with Fast and Selective Gas‐Transport Channels of Laminar Graphene Oxide for Efficient CO2 Capture

J Shen, G Liu, K Huang, W Jin, KR Lee… - Angewandte …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets were engineered to be assembled into laminar structures
having fast and selective transport channels for gas separation. With molecular‐sieving …

Macroscopic multifunctional graphene-based hydrogels and aerogels by a metal ion induced self-assembly process

HP Cong, XC Ren, P Wang, SH Yu - ACS nano, 2012 - ACS Publications
We report a one-step fabrication of macroscopic multifunctional graphene-based hydrogels
with robust interconnected networks under the synergistic effects of the reduction of …

Influence of oxygen-containing functional groups on the environmental properties, transformations, and toxicity of carbon nanotubes

AR Deline, BP Frank, CL Smith, LR Sigmon… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have unique physical and chemical properties that drive their use
in a variety of commercial and industrial applications. CNTs are commonly oxidized prior to …