Supramolecular Gels: Materials and Emerging Applications

Supramolecular gels are a promising new class of materials with potential applications in multifunctional systems. This book provides an overview of the latest applications, fundamental principles, and structures of supramolecular gels, including composite, organogels, hydrogels, self-healing, and graphene-based gels. It discusses their use in sensors, actuators, biomedical tools, and environmental applications. The author offers insights into the design and character of versatile soft materials.

\n Format: Hardback
\n Length: 272 pages
\n Publication date: 28 July 2021
\n Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH
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Supramolecular gels are a fascinating and rapidly evolving field of materials science, with potential applications in a wide range of fields, from sensors and actuators to biomedical tools and environmental applications. In this comprehensive book, leading experts in the field provide a current and authoritative overview of the latest developments in supramolecular gels.

The book begins by introducing the underlying fundamentals of supramolecular gels, including their formation, classification, self-assembly, and mechanisms. It then explores the assembly mechanisms and structures of different material systems, such as composite supramolecular gels, organogels, hydrogels, self-healing, and graphene-based supramolecular gels.

The book discusses current and emerging applications of these materials in devices like sensors and actuators, biomedical tools, and environmental applications. The distinguished author also offers valuable insights with respect to the design and character of brand-new versatile soft materials.

In addition to its comprehensive coverage of the field, the book includes a thorough introduction to the fundamentals of supramolecular gels, including their formation, classification, self-assembly, and mechanisms. It also explores supramolecular chirality and regulation in gel structures, as well as self-assembly and environmental applications of composite supramolecular gels.

Practical discussions of fluorescent organogels and hydrogels and their applications in analyte sensing are also included, as well as an examination of self-healing and graphene-based supramolecular gels and supramolecular gels for sensors and actuators.

This book is ideal for materials scientists, chemists, and engineers who are interested in developing new materials with multifunctional properties. It provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the field, and will be of great value to researchers and practitioners alike.

\n Weight: 674g\n
Dimension: 180 x 253 x 20 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9783527345113\n \n