title: A multiresponsive, shape-persistent, and elastic supramolecular polymer network gel constructed by orthogonal self-assembly.
abstract: A cross-linked supramolecular polymer network gel is designed and prepared, which shows reversible gel-sol transitions induced by changes in pH, temperature, cation concentration, and metal co-ordination. The gel pore size is controlled by the amount of cross-linker added to the system, and the material can be molded into shape-persistent, free-standing objects with elastic behavior. These features are all due to the dynamically reversible host-guest complexation and good mechanical properties of the cross-linked polymer network. No single organogel has previously been reported to possess all of these features, making this supramolecular gel an unprecedentedly intelligent soft material.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Xuzhou
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Donghua
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Xiaodong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chi
authors.forename: Jianzhuang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Shengyi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Xia
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Yihua
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Feihe
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D004548:Elasticity; D005782:Gels; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D005782:Gels; D011108:Polymers