Current and Future Trends in Supramolecular Gels
A special issue of Gels (ISSN 2310-2861). This special issue belongs to the section "Gel Chemistry and Physics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2023) | Viewed by 6414
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Supramolecular gels are fascinating soft materials that display viscoelastic properties. Although the first reported example of supramolecular gel appeared nearly two centuries ago, serious and deliberate efforts to synthesize such soft materials started in the late 1980s. Since then, an upsurge in research activities toward discovering new supramolecular gelators has occurred, not only because the fundamental issues pertaining to gelation mechanism remain mostly unanswered but also because of the various potential applications—e.g., sensing, catalysis, self-healing, proton conduction, tissue engineering, 3D cell culture, self-drug-delivery, biomineralization—that they offer.
This Special Issue aims to highlight the current status of the field with an intention to focus on its future. We welcome contributions that cover advanced research on any aspects of supramolecular gels, including coordination-compound-based metallogels. Additionally, contributions toward new insights into the gelation mechanism, both experimental and theoretical, are also welcome.
Prof. Dr. Parthasarathi Dastidar
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- supramolecular gel
- metallogels
- structure–property correlation in supramolecular gels
- gel-based materials
- self-drug delivery
- antibiotic gel
- topical gel
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