Novel Self-healing and Multi-stimuli-responsive Supramolecular Gel Based on D-sorbitol Diacetal for Multifunctional Applications

Overview

Journal RSC Adv

Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2022 May 2

PMID 35495530

Authors

Fuqiang Wen

Jingjing Li

Lei Wang

Fei Li

Haiyang Yu

Binglong Li

Kaiqi Fan

Xidong Guan

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Abstract

A simple-structured super gelator with self-healability and multi-stimuli responses was reported herein, which exhibited multiple visual molecular recognition abilities. Multifunctional applications such as effective lubricants, safe fuels, high-efficient propellants, dyes adsorbents, enhanced fluorescence emission and separation of aldehydes from aqueous solutions are integrated into a single organogelator, which was rarely reported.

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