Applying low-molecular weight supramolecular gelators in an environmental setting–self-assembled gels as smart materials for pollutant removal

BO Okesola, DK Smith - Chemical Society Reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
This review explores supramolecular gels as materials for environmental remediation.
These soft materials are formed by self-assembling low-molecular-weight building blocks …

Hydrogen bonding in ionic liquids

PA Hunt, CR Ashworth, RP Matthews - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Ionic liquids (IL) and hydrogen bonding (H-bonding) are two diverse fields for which there is
a developing recognition of significant overlap. Doubly ionic H-bonds occur when a H-bond …

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 …

Self-Assembled Graphene Hydrogel via a One-Step Hydrothermal Process

Y Xu, K Sheng, C Li, G Shi - ACS nano, 2010 - ACS Publications
Self-assembly of two-dimensional graphene sheets is an important strategy for producing
macroscopic graphene architectures for practical applications, such as thin films and layered …

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 …

Characterization of supramolecular gels

G Yu, X Yan, C Han, F Huang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Supramolecular gels are a fascinating class of soft materials. Their gelators can self-
assemble into nano-or micro-scale superstructures, such as fibers, ribbons, sheets and …

Three-dimensional self-assembly of graphene oxide and DNA into multifunctional hydrogels

Y Xu, Q Wu, Y Sun, H Bai, G Shi - ACS nano, 2010 - ACS Publications
Graphene and its functionalized derivatives are unique and versatile building blocks for self-
assembly to fabricate graphene-based functional materials with hierarchical microstructures …

Photocatalytic metal–organic framework from CdS quantum dot incubated luminescent metallohydrogel

S Saha, G Das, J Thote, R Banerjee - Journal of the American …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Cadmium sulfide (CdS) quantum dots (< 10 nm in size) have been successfully synthesized
in situ without any capping agent in a Zn (II)-based low-molecular-weight metallohydrogel …

Supramolecular gel chemistry: developments over the last decade

JW Steed - Chemical Communications, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
This highlight gives a brief flavour of the development of gels derived from low molecular
weight gelators broadly in the first decade of the 2000's. A particular theme is the emergence …

A self-healing, all-organic, conducting, composite peptide hydrogel as pressure sensor and electrogenic cell soft substrate

P Chakraborty, T Guterman, N Adadi, M Yadid… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Conducting polymer hydrogels (CPHs) emerge as excellent functional materials, as they
harness the advantages of conducting polymers with the mechanical properties and …