1207.1939 (Feng Feng Xue et al.)

Supramolecular Thermo Aero-able Gelators (STAGs) for synthesis of
hydrogels    [PDF]

Feng Feng Xue, Dan Dan Yuan, Peng Wang, Atharva Sahasrabudhe, Xiao-Yan Tang, Dianyu Chen, Rongxin Yuan, Soumyajit Roy

Supramolecular Thermo Aero-able Gelators (STAGs): tartaric acid, urea, and guanidine with amide and imine moieties as supramolecular synthons are introduced to cross-link and aerate ('aero-able') polyacrylate networks for synthesis of hydrogels. They are bi-functional hence present a greener alternative to the existing cross-linkers and gelators.

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