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Hierarchically Compartmentalized Supramolecular Gels through Multilevel Self-Sorting
Y. Wang, M. Lovrak, Q. Liu, , V.A.A. Le Sage, X. Guo, R. Eelkema, J.H. Van Esch
Published in American Chemical Society
2019
PMID: 30563317
Volume: 141
   
Issue: 7
Pages: 2847 - 2851
Abstract
Hierarchical compartmentalization through the bottom-up approach is ubiquitous in living cells but remains a formidable task in synthetic systems. Here we report on hierarchically compartmentalized supramolecular gels that are spontaneously formed by multilevel self-sorting. Two types of molecular gelators are formed in situ from nonassembling building blocks and self-assemble into distinct gel fibers through a kinetic self-sorting process; interestingly, these distinct fibers further self-sort into separated microdomains, leading to microscale compartmentalized gel networks. Such spontaneously multilevel self-sorting systems provide a "bottom-up" approach toward hierarchically structured functional materials and may play a role in intracellular organization. © 2018 American Chemical Society.
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JournalData powered by TypesetJournal of the American Chemical Society
PublisherData powered by TypesetAmerican Chemical Society
ISSN00027863