Front Cover: Toward Model Amphiphilic Polymer Co-Networks: Linking Architecture to Structure and Properties

Abstract

Water droplets diffusing through a non-covalently crosslinked co-network of interconnected star-shaped precursor polymers. The driving force for the reversible formation of the hydrogel network are attractive electrostatic interactions between the outer segments of the individual stars. Different colors of the stars resemble different comonomers, resulting in an amphiphilic co-network. More details can be found in the Review Article by Sebastian Seiffert and co-workers (DOI: 10.1002/macp.202500497). Art by Sciencebrush Design.