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 …

Gels with sense: supramolecular materials that respond to heat, light and sound

CD Jones, JW Steed - Chemical Society Reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Advances in the field of supramolecular chemistry have made it possible, in many situations,
to reliably engineer soft materials to address a specific technological problem. Particularly …

Metal-and anion-binding supramolecular gels

MOM Piepenbrock, GO Lloyd, N Clarke… - Chemical …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Gels are a commonplace household item and are easily identified by the simple “inversion
test”; turn a pot of gel upside down and it is able to support its own weight without falling out …

Human Hepatic Stem Cell and Maturational Liver Lineage BiologyΔ

R Turner, O Lozoya, Y Wang, V Cardinale, E Gaudio… - Hepatology, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Livers are comprised of maturational lineages of cells beginning extrahepatically in the
hepato-pancreatic common duct near the duodenum and intrahepatically in zone 1 by the …

Design and application of self‐assembled low molecular weight hydrogels

M De Loos, BL Feringa… - European Journal of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past years, the gelation of aqueous solutions by low molecular weight (LMW)
compounds has become an area of increasing interest, owing to developments in the field of …

Microstructural regimes of colloidal rod suspensions, gels, and glasses

MJ Solomon, PT Spicer - Soft Matter, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
We review the diverse range of materials made up of rod-shaped colloids. A common
feature of such suspensions is the strong and efficient contribution of rods to the material's …

Thermally responsive hydrogel blends: a general drug carrier model for controlled drug release

C Ma, Y Shi, DA Pena, L Peng, G Yu - Angewandte Chemie, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Thermally responsive hydrogels have drawn significant research attention recently because
of their simple use as drug carrier at human body temperature. Here we design a hybrid …

Unusual two‐step assembly of a minimalistic dipeptide‐based functional hypergelator

P Chakraborty, Y Tang, T Yamamoto, Y Yao… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Self‐assembled peptide hydrogels represent the realization of peptide nanotechnology into
biomedical products. There is a continuous quest to identify the simplest building blocks and …

pH-Responsive, Bolaamphiphile-Based Smart Metallo-Hydrogels as Potential Dye-Adsorbing Agents, Water Purifier, and Vitamin B12 Carrier

S Ray, AK Das, A Banerjee - Chemistry of Materials, 2007 - ACS Publications
A protein amino acid, phenylalanine-based bolaamphiphile 1 containing a centrally located
oligomethylene group has been found to be a hydrogelator at nearly physiological pH (pH …

Distinct kinetic pathways generate organogel networks with contrasting fractality and thixotropic properties

X Huang, SR Raghavan, P Terech… - Journal of the American …, 2006 - ACS Publications
The kinetics of the isothermal transformation of sols, comprised of a low molecular-mass
organogelator (LMOG) and an organic liquid, to their organogel phases have been followed …