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. 2024 May 10;15:3951. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-47666-x

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Fig. 1 — A Previous examples of discrete combinations of multiple supramolecular interactions within polymer networks. Multiple distinct interaction types allow expanded functionality and stimuli-responsiveness but ultimately suffer from the traditional limitations of supramolecular interactions in general (e.g., stoichiometric assembly limitations). Additionally, combinations of multiple strengths of the same interaction class enable exquisitely tunable dynamic properties but introduce no further network stability or stimuli-responsiveness. B PolyMOC gels reported here leverage the nested nature of metal-ligand coordination and host-guest interactions within their junctions to enable enhanced and expanded mechanical and stimuli-responsive properties.