scholarly journals Self-assembled low-molecular-weight gelator injectable microgel beads for delivery of bioactive agents

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 ◽  
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.


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.


2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (16) ◽  
pp. 13718-13725 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atanu Panja ◽  
Kumaresh Ghosh

A low molecular weight gelator (LMWG) containing a diaminomalenonitrile functional group 1 forms supramolecular gels from DMF–H2O and 1,2-dichlorobenzene. The DMF/H2O gel is multi-analyte responsive (Hg2+, Cu2+ and hydrazine) with practical applications in dye adsorption from water.


2018 ◽  
Vol 547 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 274-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheng-Xue Xie ◽  
Abdulgader A. Baoum ◽  
Nabil A. Alhakamy ◽  
Cory J. Berkland

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