Photo-patterned multi-domain multi-component hybrid hydrogels
Daniel J. Cornwell, David K. Smith
Abstract
This paper explores multi-component gelation systems containing two low-molecular-weight gelators and a polymer gelator. By controlled spatial and temporal application of different triggers - physical and chemical - it is possible to sequentially assemble gel networks, with a degree of self-sorting. A photo-patterned gel with four different domains was fabricated from a complex mixture of components, with the history of each domain programming the gel.
Topics & Concepts
Self-healing hydrogelsComponent (thermodynamics)Materials scienceDomain (mathematical analysis)NanotechnologyChemistryPolymer chemistryMathematicsPhysicsMathematical analysisThermodynamicsSupramolecular Self-Assembly in MaterialsHydrogels: synthesis, properties, applicationsAdvanced Materials and Mechanics