Thiol- and Disulfide-Based Stimulus-Responsive Soft Materials and Self-Assembling Systems |
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| Authors: | Danielle M Beaupre Richard G Weiss |
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| Institution: | 1.Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, USA;2.Institute for Soft Matter Synthesis and Metrology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, USA |
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| Abstract: | Properties and applications of synthetic thiol- and disulfide-based materials, principally polymers, are reviewed. Emphasis is placed on soft and self-assembling materials in which interconversion of the thiol and disulfide groups initiates stimulus-responses and/or self-healing for biomedical and non-biomedical applications. |
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| Keywords: | stimulus-responsive materials self-healing redox-responsive drug delivery thiol-disulfide exchange disulfide-disulfide metathesis |
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