scholarly journals Wet spinning and radial self-assembly of a carbohydrate low molecular weight gelator into well organized hydrogel filaments

Nanoscale ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (32) ◽  
pp. 15043-15056 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anaïs Chalard ◽  
Pierre Joseph ◽  
Sandrine Souleille ◽  
Barbara Lonetti ◽  
Nathalie Saffon-Merceron ◽  
...  

A molecular gel self-assembled by wet spinning forms ultra-hydrated continuous gel filaments and reveals the solvent's radial diffusion phenomena.

2020 ◽  
Vol 56 (69) ◽  
pp. 9954-9957
Author(s):  
Daisuke Yamaguchi ◽  
Yuka Ikemoto ◽  
Takashi Kato

Two orthogonal (grid-like) and one directional fibrous structures are selectively formed through anisotropic self-assembly of low-molecular-weight gelators in liquid-crystalline smectic A templates depending on thermally tuned layered structures.


Soft Matter ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (16) ◽  
pp. 3418-3431 ◽  
Author(s):  
David DiGuiseppi ◽  
Lavenia Thursch ◽  
Nicolas J. Alvarez ◽  
Reinhard Schweitzer-Stenner

The strength of metastable gels formed by self-assembly of GAG tripeptides in water can be tuned by annealing.


2012 ◽  
Vol 36 (7) ◽  
pp. 1469 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mattia Boiani ◽  
Andrea Baschieri ◽  
Cristiana Cesari ◽  
Rita Mazzoni ◽  
Stefano Stagni ◽  
...  

RSC Advances ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 5220-5233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monikha Chetia ◽  
Swapna Debnath ◽  
Sumit Chowdhury ◽  
Sunanda Chatterjee

The self-assembly of a series of low molecular weight gelator dipeptides containing para amino benzoic acid has been studied in mechanistic detail.


Soft Matter ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (17) ◽  
pp. 3565-3572 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Torres-Martínez ◽  
César A. Angulo-Pachón ◽  
Francisco Galindo ◽  
Juan F. Miravet

A low molecular weight gelator forms reproducibly nanogel particles with good temporal and thermal stability and they present accessible hydrophobic domains.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen C. Piras ◽  
Alasdair G. Kay ◽  
Paul G. Genever ◽  
David K. Smith

We report microgel beads with diameters of ca. 800 nm based on interpenetrating networks of a low-molecular-weight gelator and a polymer gelator, and demonstrate their use as heparin delivery vehicles to enhance stem cell growth.


Soft Matter ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (24) ◽  
pp. 4768-4787 ◽  
Author(s):  
Babatunde O. Okesola ◽  
Vânia M. P. Vieira ◽  
Daniel J. Cornwell ◽  
Nicole K. Whitelaw ◽  
David K. Smith

DBS is an efficient, versatile, low-molecular-weight gelator with a wide-range of industrial applications – greater understanding of its self-assembly and the creation of new derivatives are expanding the scope of this fascinating family of gels.


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