Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: programme had contribution talks that highlighted the research area from the design and synthesis of (supramolecular) gels, formed from small organic gelators and bioinspired structures and conjugates, to the different types of characterisation techniques employed for such soft-material research, including the use of rheology, scattering techniques and a variety of imaging platforms, as well as computational studies. This was also completed by the contributions on the applications of functional soft materials with both established and emerging applications. Herein, I will provide a short introductory remark on this fast-growing research field, and a short summary of the work presented within the four sessions, along with the associated discussions that took place. I will then conclude with a brief personal focused discussion of what I consider the main points raised throughout the meeting associated with some of the challenges that this fast-growing research area is facing.
Source: Faraday Discussions
DOI: 10.1039/d5fd00100e
Author: Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson
Institution: Trinity College Dublin
Language: English
Subfield: Biomaterials
Field: Materials Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Award: G2844556099
OpenAlex ID: W4411597726