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ArticleChemistry of materials : a publication of the American Chemical Society2025

Reversible Supramolecular Hydrogel for Air-Tolerant Photon Upconversion: Key Development for Photocatalyst Recovery and Product Extraction in Aqueous Medium.

Paola Domínguez Domínguez, Keita Kuge, Hayato Shoyama, Kiichi Mizukami, Yoichi Sasaki, Sebastian Bonardd, Nobuo Kimizuka, David Díaz Díaz

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Article in Chemistry of materials : a publication of the American Chemical Society, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Paola Domínguez DomínguezAFM-NANO, Instituto Universitario de Bio-Orgánica Antonio González (IUBO-AG), Universidad de La Laguna, Avda. Astrofísico Francisco Sánchez 2, La Laguna 38206, Spain.
Keita KugeDepartment of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Moto-oka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.
Hayato ShoyamaDepartment of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Moto-oka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.
Kiichi MizukamiDepartment of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Moto-oka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.
Yoichi SasakiDepartment of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Moto-oka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0619-7970
Sebastian BonarddCentro de Física de Materiales (CSIC, UPV/EHU)-Materials Physics Center (MPC), 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3764-9968
Nobuo KimizukaDepartment of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Moto-oka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.
David Díaz DíazAFM-NANO, Instituto Universitario de Bio-Orgánica Antonio González (IUBO-AG), Universidad de La Laguna, Avda. Astrofísico Francisco Sánchez 2, La Laguna 38206, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0557-3364

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Abstract

The development of upconversion hydrogels that operate in water and under aerobic conditions remains a significant challenge, especially when postreaction separation and component recovery are needed. Here, we present the first supramolecular photocatalytic hydrogel based on a low-molecular-weight gelator (LMWG) that enables green-to-blue triplet-triplet annihilation upconversion (TTA-UC) in aerated water. The hydrogel forms through the coassembly of the LMWG, surfactant, and a sensitizer/emitter pair (PtOEP/DPAS), giving rise to nanostructured compartments that protect long-lived excited triplet states from oxygen quenching. Unlike previous systems based on biopolymers or covalent networks, this supramolecular gelation is fully reversible, allowing the photochemical reaction to be carried out in situ, followed by gel disassembly for the easy extraction of reaction products without the need for heat. Notably, up to 77% of the precious Pt-based sensitizer can be recovered from the gel matrix. This modular, recyclable platform offers an approach to performing photochemical transformations under mild and environmentally friendly conditions, with advantages over previous air-stable UC hydrogels in terms of reusability, extractability, and operational simplicity.

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