Thiol- and Disulfide-Based Stimulus-Responsive Soft Materials and Self-Assembling Systems

Molecules. 2021 Jun 1;26(11):3332. doi: 10.3390/molecules26113332.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Review