A patterned, spatially resolved gel has now been devised. The two-component gel is formed by sequential assembly of two independent networks of fibres, and the subsequent selective removal of one network by irradiation.
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Kar, H., Ghosh, S. Remote control for self-assembly. Nature Chem 7, 765–767 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2351
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