{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Liu J"],"funding":["Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia","Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia","European Research Council","EPRSC","Institute for Translational Neuroscience","Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council"],"pagination":["3105-3109"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC5575522"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["55(18)"],"pubmed_abstract":["The success of exploiting cucurbit[<i>n</i>]uril (CB[<i>n</i>])-based molecular recognition in self-assembled systems has sparked a tremendous interest in polymer and materials chemistry. In this study, polymerization in the presence of host-guest complexes is applied as a modular synthetic approach toward a diverse set of CB[8]-based supramolecular hydrogels with desirable properties, such as mechanical strength, toughness, energy dissipation, self-healing, and shear-thinning. A range of vinyl monomers, including acrylamide-, acrylate-, and imidazolium-based hydrophilic monomers, could be easily incorporated as the polymer backbones, leading to a library of CB[8] hydrogel networks. This versatile strategy explores new horizons for the construction of supramolecular hydrogel networks and m"],"journal":["Journal of polymer science. Part A, Polymer chemistry"],"pubmed_title":["Toward a versatile toolbox for cucurbit[<i>n</i>]uril-based supramolecular hydrogel networks through <i>in situ</i> polymerization."],"pmcid":["PMC5575522"],"funding_grant_id":["ASPiRe, 240629","EP/G060649/1","240629","EP/F0355351"],"pubmed_authors":["Liu J","Soo Yun Tan C","Scherman OA","Lan Y"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Toward a versatile toolbox for cucurbit[<i>n</i>]uril-based supramolecular hydrogel networks through <i>in situ</i> polymerization.","description":"The success of exploiting cucurbit[<i>n</i>]uril (CB[<i>n</i>])-based molecular recognition in self-assembled systems has sparked a tremendous interest in polymer and materials chemistry. In this study, polymerization in the presence of host-guest complexes is applied as a modular synthetic approach toward a diverse set of CB[8]-based supramolecular hydrogels with desirable properties, such as mechanical strength, toughness, energy dissipation, self-healing, and shear-thinning. A range of vinyl monomers, including acrylamide-, acrylate-, and imidazolium-based hydrophilic monomers, could be easily incorporated as the polymer backbones, leading to a library of CB[8] hydrogel networks. This versatile strategy explores new horizons for the construction of supramolecular hydrogel networks and m","dates":{"release":"2017-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2017 Sep","modification":"2025-04-18T19:36:25.176Z","creation":"2019-03-27T02:54:50Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC5575522","cross_references":{"pubmed":["28931970"],"doi":["10.1002/pola.28667"]}}