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Molecular Gel as Medium or Intermediate in Functional Materials Synthesis / Rong Miao, Junxia Peng -- Preparation and Sensing Application of Fluorescent Organogels and Hydrogels / Xudong Yu, Lijun Geng, Jiangbo Guo -- Preparation of Self-Assembled Composite Hydrogels and Their Application in Biomedicine and Wastewater Treatment / Ran Wang, Jingxin Zhou, Lexin Zhang, Tifeng Jiao -- Conductive Hydrogels for Flexible Mechanical Sensors / Zhihui Qin, Tifeng Jiao -- Recent Progress on Heat-Set Molecular Gels / Yuangang Li, Zonglin Yang, Yong Chen, Huajing Li, Rong Yang, Chenyu Huang -- Supramolecular Gels from Carbohydrate Biopolymers for Water Remediation / Xuefeng Zhang, Weiqi Leng -- Biobased Aerogels for Oil Spill Remediation / Weiqi Leng, Sheng He, Xuefeng Zhang, Xiang Wang, Chanaka M Navarathna -- Luminescent Supramolecular Gels / Xue Jin, Pengfei Duan.