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Recent progress of fuel-driven temporary materials
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  • Guangtong Wang,
  • Mengmeng Nan,
  • Kangle Guo,
  • Yaqi Pan,
  • Tao Jia,
  • Shaoqin Liu
Guangtong Wang
Harbin Institute of Technology

Corresponding Author:wgt@hit.edu.cn

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Mengmeng Nan
Northeast Forestry University
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Kangle Guo
Northeast Forestry University
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Yaqi Pan
Harbin Institute of Technology
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Tao Jia
Northeast Forestry University
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Shaoqin Liu
Harbin Institute of Technology
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Abstract

Fuel-driven dissipative self-assembly, which is a well-established concept in recent years, refers to out-of-equilibrium molecular self-assembly initiated and supported by the addition of active molecules (chemical fuel). It widely exists in nature since many tempo-rary, active micro- or nanostructures in living bodies are generated by the dissipative self-assembly of biomolecules. Therefore, the study on dissipative self-assembly provides a good opportunity to have an insight into the microscopic mechanism of living organisms. In the meantime, dissipative assembly is thought to be a potential pathway to achieve dynamic, temporary supramolecular materials. Recently, a number of temporary materials have been developed with the aid of strategies for realizing dissipative self-assembly. Some of their properties, including solubility, stiffness, turbidity, color, or self-healing ability, change upon the addition of chemical fuel but spontaneously restore with chemical fuel consumption. The dynamic of these materials brings them various unprecedented functions. In this review, the principles of fabricating a fuel-driven temporary material are first reviewed and subsequently, recent examples of fuel-driven temporary materials are emphatically summarized, including gels, self-erased inks, nanoreactors, self-healing materials, and nanochannels. Finally, the challenges of developing fuel-driven temporary materials and some perspectives on the function and application of such kind of materials are discussed.
24 Jun 20231st Revision Received
25 Jun 2023Submission Checks Completed
25 Jun 2023Assigned to Editor
25 Jun 2023Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
27 Jun 2023Editorial Decision: Accept