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Soft Matter Series
Functional Molecular Gels
Edited by
Beatriu Escuder;
Beatriu Escuder
Universitat Jaume I, Spain
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Juan F Miravet
Juan F Miravet
Universitat Jaume I, Spain
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Hardback ISBN:
978-1-84973-665-7
PDF ISBN:
978-1-84973-737-1
Series:
Soft Matter Series
No. of Pages:
332
Published online:
05 Nov 2013
Published in print:
14 Nov 2013
Book Chapter
CHAPTER 3: Molecular Gels Responsive to Physical and Chemical Stimuli
By
Guanxin Zhang
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Guanxin Zhang
Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
Organic Solids Laboratory, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190
China
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Deqing Zhang
Deqing Zhang
Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
Organic Solids Laboratory, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190
China
[email protected]
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Published:05 Nov 2013
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Series: Soft Matter Series
Page range:
67 - 94
Citation
M. Xiong, C. Wang, G. Zhang, and D. Zhang, in Functional Molecular Gels, ed. B. Escuder and J. F. Miravet, The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2013, pp. 67-94.
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In this chapter, we summarize the recent progresses in the field of stimuli-responsive gels based on low molecular weight gelators (LMWGs). The gel–solution transition can be triggered by physical stimuli (temperature, mechanical forces, ultrasound waves and UV-Vis light) or by chemical stimuli (acid–base reagents, anions and cations, neutral molecules and redox reagents). Furthermore, the potential applications of these stimuli-responsive molecular gels are discussed. In addition, challenging issues and perspectives of such stimuli-responsive gels are discussed.
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