title: Anion-Responsive Metallopolymer Hydrogels for Healthcare Applications.
abstract: Metallopolymers combine a processable, versatile organic polymeric skeleton with functional metals, providing multiple functions and methodologies in materials science. Taking advantage of cationic cobaltocenium as the key building block, organogels could be simply switched to hydrogels via a highly efficient ion exchange. With the unique ionic complexion ability, cobaltocenium moieties provide a robust soft substrate for recycling antibiotics from water. The essential polyelectrolyte nature offers the metallopolymer hydrogels to kill multidrug resistant bacteria. The multifunctional characteristics of these hydrogels highlight the potential for metallopolymers in the field of healthcare and environmental treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA.
authors.forename: Jiuyang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA.
authors.forename: Parasmani
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pageni
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA.
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wirth
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA.
authors.forename: Yun-Ping
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA.
authors.forename: Yali
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Qiao
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA.
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA.
authors.forename: Alan W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Decho
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA.
authors.forename: Chuanbing
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tang
mesh_terms: D065966:Absorption, Physicochemical; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018407:Bacterial Physiological Phenomena / Q000187:drug effects*; D003035:Cobalt / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000737:chemistry*; D020100:Hydrogels / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000737:chemistry; D008422:Materials Testing; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D020100:Hydrogels; D011108:Polymers; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D003035:Cobalt