Anion-Responsive Metallopolymer Hydrogels for Healthcare Applications

• DOI: 10.1038/srep11914
• Publication Date: 2015-07-23T09:32:01Z
• Authors: Jiuyang Zhang; Jing Yan; Parasmani Pageni; Yi Yan; Adam Wirth; Yun-Ping Chen; Yali Qiao; Qian Wang; Alan W. Decho; Chuanbing Tang
• Keywords: Cationic polymerization

Abstract Metallopolymers combine a processable, versatile organic polymeric skeleton with functional metals, providing multiple functions and methodologies in materials science. Taking advantage of cationic cobaltocenium as the key building block, organogels could be simply switched to hydrogels via highly efficient ion exchange. With unique ionic complexion ability, moieties provide robust soft substrate for recycling antibiotics from water. The essential polyelectrolyte nature offers metallopolymer kill multidrug resistant bacteria. multifunctional characteristics these highlight potential metallopolymers field healthcare environmental treatment.