Controlling Syneresis of Hydrogels Using Organic Salts.

ABSTRACT: Supramolecular hydrogels can spontaneously undergo syneresis through fibre-fibre interactions and expel significant amounts of water upon aging. In this process, the hydrophobicity of fibres which regulates the 3D-rearrangement of the self-assembled structures during syneresis is important. Here, we show that we can control the hydrophobic microenvironment of gels by incorporating organic salts into the co-assembled gel fibres thereby enabling control of the macroscopic gel volume phase transition.

SUBMITTER: Panja S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9299832 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature