Can a biodegradable hydrogel absorb impact, and protect fragile objects like eggs 🥚, glassware 🧪and self-heal? Our latest @aggregate-journal.bsky.social paper says YES. By combining G4 assemblies with boronate ester networks in Agarose, we created this adaptive hydrogel. #Hydrogel #MaterialsScience

Supramolecularly Crosslinked Self‐Healable Polymer Hydrogels for Adaptive Energy Dissipation and Fragile‐System Protection

A biodegradable double-network hydrogel combines boronate ester covalent bonds and supramolecular G4-quartet structures to absorb impact energy and quickly self-heal. The robust AGK hydrogel shows lo...

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Our recent research article has been published in @nanoscale-journals.rsc.org (doi.org/10.1039/d6na...)! 🎉 In this work, we developed a simple and green method to make tiny silver oxide nanoparticles inside self-assembled vesicles that removes harmful organic dyes from water under visible light.

Happy to share our new paper at Communications Chemistry (doi.org/10.1038/s420...) of @springernature.com We show how light can reversibly control aqueous catalytic activity of molecular organization. A behind-the-scenes is available here: communities.springernature.com/posts/light-...

Light-switchable enzyme-mimetic organocatalysis in water via supramolecular assembly - Communications Chemistry

Light-regulated control over catalytic activity is a key step toward adaptive and programmable chemical systems. Here, the authors report a minimalistic supramolecular organocatalytic platform that en...

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🎉A proud milestone for our research group! Heartiest congratulations to Dr. Nikita Das, our first Ph.D. graduate, on the successful defense of her doctoral thesis. 🎓A remarkable journey from marked by dedication, and academic excellence. Wishing you many more success & achievement ahead! 👏PhDone!

Our latest article published in @synlettjournal.bsky.social 🎉where We report a sustainable, hydrogel-supported Ag NP catalyst for rapid nitroarene reduction in water under ambient conditions, affording valuable aryl amines. Congratulations Damini👏. Article Link: doi.org/10.1055/a-28...

Happy to share our article in Coordination Chemistry Reviews: “Fueling Dissipative Self-Assembly with Non-Invasive Energy Inputs” (doi.org/10.1016/j.cc...) exploring how remote energy inputs can drive DSA systems far from equilibrium without creating chemical waste. #DissipativeSelfAssembly

Publication alert! Our latest article on #RewritablePaper with #ColouredInk for #Writting #Painting #Printing Published in EcoMat, 2026, 8, e70067. doi.org/10.1002/eom2... 🔬 This system uses readily available materials (ingredients can be found in kitchen). #SustainableMaterial #GoGreen

✨ Inspiring news from RSC! ✨ @chouhandivya.bsky.social's recent publication (Mater. Adv., 2026,7, 175-186) has been spotlighted in the 2026 Popular Advances collection (pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...) by #RSCMatMaterials Advances! 🌟 Thank you to everyone who supported and engaged with our research!

We are thrilled to celebrate @chouhandivya.bsky.social's recognition in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Women in Materials Science collection in honor of International Women’s Day 2026! for her article in @materialsadvances.rsc.org. Celebrating the effort & dedication of all the women in our group👏

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To celebrate International Women’s Day 2026, the RSC materials portfolio of journals has collated journal-specific collections showcasing a selection of articles published in 2025 led by women scientists around the world. Explore the Materials Horizons collection: pubs.rsc.org/en/Journals/...

Thrilled to share our Inside Cover Art Feature in RSC Environmental Science: Nano (February Issue)! 🌿✨# bsky.app/profile/envs... Congratulations to the team led by Damini. article 👉https://doi.org/10.1039/D5EN00722D #RSCEnv #EnvironmentalScience #Nanotechnology #GreenChemistry #Antimicrobial-study

We’re excited to share our latest work @envsci.rsc.org 👉 doi.org/10.1039/D5EN... 🌱 A sustainable, equipment-free, truly one-pot strategy to synthesize Au NPs–embedded hydrogel at room temperature ⚡Demonstrating rapid dye degradation (~5 min), reusable. 🦠Exhibiting strong antibacterial activity.

Our #CoverArt for article doi.org/10.1039/D5MA... is live @materialsadvances.rsc.org🎨 The artwork reflects a tyrosine-based #hydrogel with #thixotropic & #photo-responsiveness as promising platform for #controlled therapeutic release. Congrats @chouhandivya.bsky.social Thanks to VIT for APC support.

The first inside back cover of Materials Advances in 2026, is now out! "A light responsive single amino acid-based supramolecular hydrogel for photo-controlled vitamin release" by Divya Chauhan and Chandan Maity O'MatSE Lab 🔗pubs.rsc.org/en/cont...

As we enter into a new year with new hopes, opportunities and creative insights, it's time to take a quick look at 2025, and appreciate the growth it had in store for us! Stay tuned for more #O'MatSE_Lab Happy New Year to all!