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The Synthesis of RGD-functionalized Hydrogels as a Tool for Therapeutic Applications
Published on: October 7, 2016
Self-inclusion of proline-functionalised calix[4]arene leads to hydrogelation
Ching Yong Goh1, Thomas Becker, David H Brown
1Nanochemistry Research Institute, Department of Chemistry, Curtin University, GPO Box U 1987, Perth, Australia 6845.
Abstract:
Solution-phase and solid-state structural studies indicate that the remarkable hydrogelation properties of a proline-functionalised calix[4]arene emerge as a result of extended helical structures formed via inclusion of a proline moiety in a neighbouring calixarene cavity.

