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Exceptionally small supramolecular hydrogelators based on aromatic-aromatic interactions
Shi, Junfeng,Gao, Yuan,Yang, Zhimou,Xu, Bing
, p. 167 - 172 (2011)
We report herein the use of an aromatic-aromatic interaction to produce small molecule hydrogelators that self-assemble in water and form molecular nanofibers in the resulting hydrogels. Among these hydrogelators, a hydrogelator (6) made from a phenyl-alanine and a cinnamoyl group represents the lowest molecular weight (MW = 295.33 g/mol) peptide-based hydrogelator prepared to date. The supramolecular hydrogels were characterized by transmission electron micrograph (TEM) and fluorescence spec-troscopy, and the results obtained by both techniques correlate well with their rheological properties. Notably, compound 6 can undergo cis/trans-isomerization upon UV irradiation.
