Multi-stimuli-responsive hydrogels of gluconamide-tailored anthracene
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Xun Zhang1, Jinguo Liu, Yuxia Gao
1Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China. juyong@tsinghua.edu.cn.
Abstract:
In this work, two amphiphilic gluconamide-tailored anthracene gelators 1 and 2 have been synthesized, and found to form stable hydrogels with fibril structures. The stimuli-responsive behaviors of hydrogel 1 and 2 were investigated thoroughly by temperature-dependent 1H NMR, UV-Vis, rheometry, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results showed that hydrogel 1 exhibited multiple responsive behaviours upon exposure to stimuli including temperature, anions, light, electron-deficient chemicals and external stress; conversely, hydrogel 2 showed a distinct responsive phenomenon attributed to a subtle structural difference in the linker. This work demonstrates that gluconamide-tailored anthracene gelators could be a potential soft material and highlights the importance of a precisely designed structure.
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