Panja, S. , Seddon, A. and Adams, D. J. (2021) Controlling hydrogel properties by tuning non-covalent interactions in a charge complementary multicomponent system. Chemical Science, 12(33), pp. 11197-11203. (doi: 10.1039/D1SC02854E)
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Abstract
Mixing small molecule gelators is a promising route to prepare useful and exciting materials that cannot be accessed from any of the individual components. Here, we describe pH-triggered hydrogelation by mixing of two non-gelling amphiphiles. The intermolecular interactions among the molecules can be tuned either by controlling the degree of ionization of the components or by a preparative pathway, which enables us to control material properties such as gel strength, gel stiffness, thermal stability, and an unusual shrinking/swelling behaviour.
Item Type: | Articles |
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Additional Information: | SP thanks the University of Glasgow for funding. This work benefitted from the SasView software, originally developed by the DANSE project under NSF award DMR-0520547. The Ganesha X-ray scattering apparatus was purchased under EPSRC Grant ‘Atoms to Applications’ (EP/K035746/1). |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Adams, Dave and Panja, Dr Santanu |
Authors: | Panja, S., Seddon, A., and Adams, D. J. |
College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Chemistry |
Journal Name: | Chemical Science |
Publisher: | Royal Society of Chemistry |
ISSN: | 2041-6520 |
ISSN (Online): | 2041-6539 |
Published Online: | 22 July 2021 |
Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2021 The Authors |
First Published: | First published in Chemical Science 12(33): 11197-11203 |
Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons License |
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