Layered supramolecular hydrogels from thioglycosides

Authors :: Yu-Cheng Wang
Laurel L. Kegel
David S. Knoff
Bhushan S. Deodhar
Andrei V. Astashkin
Minkyu Kim
Jeanne E. Pemberton
Source :: Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 10:3861-3875
Publication Year :: 2022
Publisher :: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2022.
Abstract: New hydrogels from alkyl thiolactosides and thiocellobiosides are easy and inexpensive to fabricate. These materials have excellent properties, including good mechanical strength and are thixotropic with rapid self-healing after strain is applied.