Advanced Materials, Vol.26, No.32, 5665-5665, 2014
Supramolecular Lego Assembly Towards Three-Dimensional Multi-Responsive Hydrogels
Inspired by the assembly of Lego toys, hydrogel building blocks with heterogeneous responsiveness are assembled utilizing macroscopic supramolecular recognition as the adhesion force. The Lego hydrogel provides 3D transformation upon pH variation. After disassembly of the building blocks by changing the oxidation state, they can be re-assembled into a completely new shape.