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ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
Volume 62, Issue 26, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202301489
Keywords
Bioimaging; Deep Eutectic Solvents; Ionic Liquids; Organic Mixed Ionic-Electronic Conductors; Supramolecular Eutectogels
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In this article, the first example of mixed ionic and electronic conducting supramolecular eutectogel composites is reported. These materials exhibit excellent injectability and self-healing properties, high ionic conductivity, good biocompatibility, and fluorescence imaging ability. They hold great promise for bioimaging and electrostimulation applications.
Eutectogels are an emerging family of soft ionic materials alternative to ionic liquid gels and organogels, offering fresh perspectives for designing functional dynamic platforms in water-free environments. Herein, the first example of mixed ionic and electronic conducting supramolecular eutectogel composites is reported. A fluorescent glutamic acid-derived low-molecular-weight gelator (LMWG) was found to self-assemble into nanofibrillar networks in deep eutectic solvents (DES)/poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT): chondroitin sulfate dispersions. These dynamic materials displayed excellent injectability and self-healing properties, high ionic conductivity (up to 10(-2) S cm(-1)), good biocompatibility, and fluorescence imaging ability. This set of features turns the mixed conducting supramolecular eutectogels into promising adaptive materials for bioimaging and electrostimulation applications.
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