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Nitin Bansode1, Julien Verget1, Philippe Barthélémy1
1University of Bordeaux, INSERM U1212, UMR CNRS 5320, F-33076 Bordeaux, France. philippe.barthelemy@inserm.fr.
Soft Matter
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Abstract:
Photo-cleavable glyconucleoside bolaamphiphiles containing a nitrophenyl unit feature gelation abilities in aqueous media. The stiffness of the resulting gels can be modulated upon light irradiation thanks to the photocleavage reaction of nitrophenyl moieties.
