TY - JOUR
T1 - Mixed Conductive, Injectable, and Fluorescent Supramolecular Eutectogel Composites
AU - Criado-Gonzalez, Miryam
AU - Alegret, Nuria
AU - Fracaroli, Alejandro M.
AU - Mantione, Daniele
AU - Guzmán-González, Gregorio
AU - Del Olmo, Rafael
AU - Tashiro, Kentaro
AU - Tomé, Liliana C.
AU - Picchio, Matias L.
AU - Mecerreyes, David
N1 - Funding Information:
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/823989/EU#
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/UIDB%2F50006%2F2020/PT#
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/UIDP%2F50006%2F2020/PT#
The financial support received from CONICET and ANPCyT (Argentina) is also gratefully acknowledged. M. C.‐G. thanks Emakiker Grant Program of POLYMAT. L. C. T. is grateful to Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT/MCTES) in Portugal for her research contract under Scientific Employment Stimulus (2020.01555.CEECIND). D. M. thanks “Ayuda RYC2021‐031668‐I financiada por MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 y por la Unión Europea NextGenerationEU/PRTR”. The authors thank the technical and human support provided by SGIker (UPV/EHU/ERDF, EU).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Authors. Angewandte Chemie International Edition published by Wiley-VCH GmbH.
PY - 2023/6/26
Y1 - 2023/6/26
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Bioimaging
KW - Deep Eutectic Solvents
KW - Ionic Liquids
KW - Organic Mixed Ionic–Electronic Conductors
KW - Supramolecular Eutectogels
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U2 - 10.1002/anie.202301489
DO - 10.1002/anie.202301489
M3 - Article
C2 - 37129146
AN - SCOPUS:85159206969
SN - 1433-7851
VL - 62
JO - Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
JF - Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
IS - 26
M1 - e202301489
ER -