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ReviewGels (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Computational Tools to Rationalize and Predict the Self-Assembly Behavior of Supramolecular Gels.

Ruben Van Lommel, Wim M De Borggraeve, Frank De Proft, Mercedes Alonso

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Review in Gels (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. Predicting the Mechanical Properties of Supramolecular Gels.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Ruben Van LommelMolecular Design and Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F Leuven Chem & Tech, P.O. Box 2404, 3001 Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-6185-9818
Wim M De BorggraeveMolecular Design and Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F Leuven Chem & Tech, P.O. Box 2404, 3001 Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-7813-6192
Frank De ProftEenheid Algemene Chemie (ALGC), Department of Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
Mercedes AlonsoEenheid Algemene Chemie (ALGC), Department of Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-7076-2305

Funding

Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek 1185221NFonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek 12F4416N
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Supramolecular gels form a class of soft materials that has been heavily explored by the chemical community in the past 20 years. While a multitude of experimental techniques has demonstrated its usefulness when characterizing these materials, the potential value of computational techniques has received much less attention. This review aims to provide a complete overview of studies that employ computational tools to obtain a better fundamental understanding of the self-assembly behavior of supramolecular gels or to accelerate their development by means of prediction. As such, we hope to stimulate researchers to consider using computational tools when investigating these intriguing materials. In the concluding remarks, we address future challenges faced by the field and formulate our vision on how computational methods could help overcoming them.

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computational chemistryLMWGmodelingmolecular dynamicsself-assemblysupramolecular gels

Identifiers

PMID34287290
PMCPMC8293097

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