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Structural Strategies for Supramolecular Hydrogels and Their Applications
Supramolecular structures are of great interest due to their applicability in various scientific and industrial fields. The sensible definition of supramolecular molecules is being set by investigators who, because of the different sensitivities of their methods and observational timescales, may hav...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10052692/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36987146 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym15061365 |
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author | Sánchez-Fernández, José Antonio |
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description | Supramolecular structures are of great interest due to their applicability in various scientific and industrial fields. The sensible definition of supramolecular molecules is being set by investigators who, because of the different sensitivities of their methods and observational timescales, may have different views on as to what constitutes these supramolecular structures. Furthermore, diverse polymers have been found to offer unique avenues for multifunctional systems with properties in industrial medicine applications. Aspects of this review provide different conceptual strategies to address the molecular design, properties, and potential applications of self-assembly materials and the use of metal coordination as a feasible and useful strategy for constructing complex supramolecular structures. This review also addresses systems that are based on hydrogel chemistry and the enormous opportunities to design specific structures for applications that demand enormous specificity. According to the current research status on supramolecular hydrogels, the central ideas in the present review are classic topics that, however, are and will be of great importance, especially the hydrogels that have substantial potential applications in drug delivery systems, ophthalmic products, adhesive hydrogels, and electrically conductive hydrogels. The potential interest shown in the technology involving supramolecular hydrogels is clear from what we can retrieve from the Web of Science. |
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spelling | pubmed-100526922023-03-30 Structural Strategies for Supramolecular Hydrogels and Their Applications Sánchez-Fernández, José Antonio Polymers (Basel) Review Supramolecular structures are of great interest due to their applicability in various scientific and industrial fields. The sensible definition of supramolecular molecules is being set by investigators who, because of the different sensitivities of their methods and observational timescales, may have different views on as to what constitutes these supramolecular structures. Furthermore, diverse polymers have been found to offer unique avenues for multifunctional systems with properties in industrial medicine applications. Aspects of this review provide different conceptual strategies to address the molecular design, properties, and potential applications of self-assembly materials and the use of metal coordination as a feasible and useful strategy for constructing complex supramolecular structures. This review also addresses systems that are based on hydrogel chemistry and the enormous opportunities to design specific structures for applications that demand enormous specificity. According to the current research status on supramolecular hydrogels, the central ideas in the present review are classic topics that, however, are and will be of great importance, especially the hydrogels that have substantial potential applications in drug delivery systems, ophthalmic products, adhesive hydrogels, and electrically conductive hydrogels. The potential interest shown in the technology involving supramolecular hydrogels is clear from what we can retrieve from the Web of Science. MDPI 2023-03-09 /pmc/articles/PMC10052692/ /pubmed/36987146 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym15061365 Text en © 2023 by the author. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Sánchez-Fernández, José Antonio Structural Strategies for Supramolecular Hydrogels and Their Applications |
title | Structural Strategies for Supramolecular Hydrogels and Their Applications |
title_full | Structural Strategies for Supramolecular Hydrogels and Their Applications |
title_fullStr | Structural Strategies for Supramolecular Hydrogels and Their Applications |
title_full_unstemmed | Structural Strategies for Supramolecular Hydrogels and Their Applications |
title_short | Structural Strategies for Supramolecular Hydrogels and Their Applications |
title_sort | structural strategies for supramolecular hydrogels and their applications |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10052692/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36987146 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym15061365 |
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