Cucurbituril-based hydrogels
OwnerOren Scherman, Ji Liuinventors
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Abstract
The invention provides a polymerizable composition and a hydrogel obtained or obtainable from the polymerizable composition. The polymerizable composition comprises cucurbituril and a first monomer having a guest for the cucurbituril, wherein the total monomer concentration, Cmon, within the polymerizable composition is at least 0.5 M. The composition may be an aqueous composition.
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A hydrogel comprising a network of non-covalently linked polymers formed by at least partially polymerizing an aqueous polymerizable composition comprising cucurbituril and a first monomer having a guest for the cucurbituril, wherein the total monomer concentration, Cmon, within the polymerizable composition is from 0.05 M to 2.0 M, and wherein the guest and cucurbituril have an association constant of at least 103 M−1.
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