Issue 95, 2015

A renewable resource-derived thixotropic self-assembled supramolecular gel: magnetic stimuli responsive and real-time self-healing behaviour

Abstract

We designed and synthesized a simple fluorescent self-assembled molecular gel from a renewable resource and characterized it well using various techniques. The self-assembly mechanism was studied relative to the molecular structure. We also demonstrate that Fe3O4 nanoparticles were encapsulated in situ into the organogel by a simple process, which generated a magnetic gel with remarkable self-healing features. More importantly, stimuli responsive self-healing properties of the magnetic gel have been characterized by visual inspection, morphological and rheological analyses.

Graphical abstract: A renewable resource-derived thixotropic self-assembled supramolecular gel: magnetic stimuli responsive and real-time self-healing behaviour

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
25 Jul 2015
Accepted
07 Sep 2015
First published
08 Sep 2015

RSC Adv., 2015,5, 77589-77594

Author version available

A renewable resource-derived thixotropic self-assembled supramolecular gel: magnetic stimuli responsive and real-time self-healing behaviour

K. Lalitha, Y. S. Prasad, V. Sridharan, C. U. Maheswari, G. John and S. Nagarajan, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 77589 DOI: 10.1039/C5RA14744A

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