Robust gels created using a self-assembly and covalent capture strategy.
The self-assembly of dendritic building blocks containing multiple terminal alkenes on their surfaces yields soft gel-phase materials--subsequent Grubbs' metathesis leads to covalent cross-linking between the alkenes and the formation of robust swellable gels.
Love
Christine S
CS
Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York, UK YO10 5DD.
Chechik
Victor
V
Smith
David K
DK
Ashworth
Ian
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Brennan
Colin
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