Controlling the properties of the micellar and gel phase by varying the counterion in functionalised-dipeptide systems

McAulay, K. et al. (2020) Controlling the properties of the micellar and gel phase by varying the counterion in functionalised-dipeptide systems. Chemical Communications, 56, pp. 4094-4097. (doi: 10.1039/D0CC01252A) (PMID:32162644)

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Abstract

The micellar aggregates formed at high pH for dipeptide-based gelators can be varied by using different alkali metal salts to prepare the solutions. The nature of the micellar aggregates directly affects the properties of the resulting gels.

Item Type:Articles
Additional Information:DA thanks the EPSRC for a Fellowship (EP/L021978/1), which also funded KM. AMFC and LT thank the University of Glasgow for funding. MW thanks The Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 for a Research Fellowship. RP thanks the EPSRC for a Fellowship (EP/M025187/1). The Ganesha X-ray scattering apparatus was purchased under EPSRC Grant ‘Atoms to Applications’ (EP/K035746/1). This work benefitted from the SasView software, originally developed by the DANSE project under NSF award DMR-0520547.
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Thomson, Miss Lisa and Adams, Dave and McAulay, Dr Kate and Fuentes Caparros, Miss Ana Maria
Authors: McAulay, K., Ucha, P. A., Wang, H., Fuentes-Caparrós, A. M., Thomson, L., Maklad, O., Khunti, N., Cowieson, N., Wallace, M., Cui, H., Poole, R. J., Seddon, A., and Adams, D. J.
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Chemistry
Journal Name:Chemical Communications
Publisher:Royal Society of Chemistry
ISSN:1359-7345
ISSN (Online):1364-548X
Published Online:05 March 2020
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2020 The Royal Society of Chemistry
First Published:First published in Chemical Communications 56:4094-4097
Publisher Policy:Reproduced under a Creative Commons License

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Project CodeAward NoProject NamePrincipal InvestigatorFunder's NameFunder RefLead Dept
174004Multicomponent Supramolecular HydrogelsDave AdamsEngineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)EP/L021978/2Chemistry