Dong YANG, Li ZHANG, Ming-hua LIU. Advances in the Mixed Gels Composed of Low Molecular Weight Gelators and Polymers[J]. Polymer Bulletin, 2016,29(9):34-44.
Dong YANG, Li ZHANG, Ming-hua LIU. Advances in the Mixed Gels Composed of Low Molecular Weight Gelators and Polymers[J]. Polymer Bulletin, 2016,29(9):34-44. DOI: 10.14028/j.cnki.1003-3726.2016.09.003.
plays a very important role as functional materials. Both polymers and low molecular weight gel (LMWGs) are possible to form gels. However
they exhibit different macroscopic mechanical properties and responsiveness on external stimuli. By mixing the polymers
even though some of them are non-gelator
into LMWGs
the mechanical properties can be increased while keeping the responsiveness of LMWGs. In this review
we summarized the recent research progress in the mixed gels composed of LWMGs/polymers (either gelative or non-gelative) to show the merit of such mixed gels.