Multifunctional Hydrogels with Reversible 3D Ordered Macroporous Structures

Colloidal Crystals: Multifunctional Hydrogels with Reversible 3D Ordered Macroporous Structures (Adv. Sci. 5/2015)

Multifunctional three-dimensional macroporous nanoelectronic networks for smart materials.

Seamless and minimally invasive integration of 3D electronic circuitry within host materials could enable the development of materials systems that are self-monitoring and allow for communication with external environments. Here, we report a general strategy for preparing ordered 3D interconnected and addressable macroporous nanoelectronic networks from ordered 2D nanowire nanoelectronic precur...

3D-ordered macroporous poly(ionic liquid) films as multifunctional materials.

The integration of 3D-ordered macropores with poly(ionic liquid)s can significantly extend the functions of poly(ionic liquid)s, and afford a new type of material, which can serve as not only tunable photonic crystals and anion-directed molecular gating system, but also as a surface with enhanced tunable wettability and unique stable electro-optic switching.

A simple method for the production of large volume 3D macroporous hydrogels for advanced biotechnological, medical and environmental applications.

The development of bulk, three-dimensional (3D), macroporous polymers with high permeability, large surface area and large volume is highly desirable for a range of applications in the biomedical, biotechnological and environmental areas. The experimental techniques currently used are limited to the production of small size and volume cryogel material. In this work we propose a novel, versatile...

Preparation of mesoporous silica monoliths with ordered arrays of macrochannels templated from electric-field-oriented hydrogels.

The fabrication of ordered inorganic arrays of varying length scales and with multimodal porosities is of practical importance owing to their potential application in many areas of materials chemistry, including catalysis and separations science. A common approach to the controlled synthesis of this class of materials, first exploited in the synthesis of the MCM-41 family of molecular sieves, i...