Subcomponent self-assembly: a quick way to new metallogels

Hana Bunzen; Nonappa; Elina Kalenius; Sami Hietala; Erkki Kolehmainen

doi:10.1002/chem.201302055

Subcomponent self-assembly: a quick way to new metallogels

Chemistry. 2013 Sep 23;19(39):12978-81. doi: 10.1002/chem.201302055. Epub 2013 Aug 28.

Authors

Hana Bunzen¹, Nonappa, Elina Kalenius, Sami Hietala, Erkki Kolehmainen

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, 40014 Jyväskylä (Finland), Fax: (+358) 142602501. hana.svobodova@jyu.fi.

PMID: 24038302
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201302055

Abstract

1-2-3 gel! Subcomponent self-assembly is introduced as a new design route towards multistimuli-responsive metallogels. It offers a rapid and facile access to supramolecular gels and allows to design smart materials with diverse functional and structural properties by simply exchanging one (or more) of the components. Herein, the exchange of the metal ions is emphasized (see scheme).

Keywords: gels; in situ gelation; multistimuli responsive; nanoparticles; self-assembly.