Robust gels created using a self-assembly and covalent capture strategy

C S Love, V Chechik, D K Smith, I Ashworth, C Brennan

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Abstract

The self-assembly of dendritic building blocks containing multiple terminal alkenes on their surfaces yields soft gel-phase materials - subsequent Grubbs' metathesis leads to covalent cross-linking between the alkenes and the formation of robust swellable gels.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5647-5649
Number of pages3
JournalChemical Communications
Issue number45
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2005

Keywords

  • HYDROGEN-BONDED ASSEMBLIES
  • DENDRITIC BUILDING-BLOCKS
  • MOLECULAR-MASS GELATORS
  • ORGANIC LIQUIDS
  • 2-COMPONENT GEL
  • ONE-COMPONENT
  • METATHESIS
  • DENDRIMERS
  • TEMPLATE
  • SILICA

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