Properties and applications of synthetic thiol- and disulfide-based materials, principally polymers, are reviewed. Emphasis is placed on soft and self-assembling materials in which interconversion of the thiol and disulfide groups initiates stimulus-responses and/or self-healing for biomedical and non-biomedical applications.
Keywords: disulfide-disulfide metathesis; drug delivery; redox-responsive; self-healing; stimulus-responsive materials; thiol-disulfide exchange.