Supramolecular gels can be formed by the self-assembly of certain molecules into fibrous structures which form a network. Depending on how these are prepared, the gels form essentially static systems whereby their properties do not change with time, at least over a significant period of time. Other gels can be pre-programmed such that their properties change with time. This can be induced by bringing about changes in the underlying fibrous structures, the network or by generating phsse changes. Here, we will describe how we have been generating such systems to allow interesting materials to be formed.

"Static" and evolving supramolecular gels

ACS Fall 2021

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