Supramolecular polymer networks hydrophobic interactions

Okay O (2015) Self-healing hydrogels formed via hydrophobic interactions. In Seiffert S (ed) Supramolecular polymer networks. Advances in Polymer Science. Springer, Cham... 

Supramolecular noncovalent interactions [13], such as metal coordination, hydrogen bonding, hydrophobic forces, van der Waals forces, pi-pi interactions, and electrostatic interactions, are very appealing for the self-assembly of molecules, and they could be used to create nanostractured materials. Metal coordination, for instance in metal organic frameworks (MOFs) [14] or coordination polymers [15], has been applied to construct nanoporous supramolecular networks. 

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