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A "self-shrinking" supramolecular hydrogel with a 3D shape memory performance from an unnatural amino acid derivative
Dinesh Kumar Duraisamy1,2, Panchal Dhruvisha Sureshbhai1, Puchalapalli Saveri3
1Organic & Bioorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Central Leather Research Institute (CSIR-CLRI), Adyar, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India. ganesh@clri.res.in.
Abstract:
A supramolecular hydrogel with 3D self-shrinking, without any assistance, and a shape memory performance at room temperature is discovered from an unnatural amino acid derivative, i.e. fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl-L-β-phenylalanine, as a minimalistic model. The self-shrinking properties of this hydrogel can be explored for potential applications.
