Issue 11, 2015
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Soft Matter

Bell-shaped sol–gel–sol conversions in pH-responsive worm-based nanostructured fluid†

Yongmin Zhang,*a   Pengyun Ana  and  Xuefeng Liu*b  

* Corresponding authors

a School of Chemical & Materials Engineering, Jiangnan University, 214122 Wuxi, People's Republic of China
E-mail: zhangym@jiangnan.edu.cn

b Key Laboratory of Food Colloids and Biotechnology Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, 214122 Wuxi, People's Republic of China
E-mail: xfliu@jiangnan.edu.cn

Abstract

A pH-switchable worm system was fabricated by simply mixing two non-surface-active compounds, N-(3-(dimethylamino)propyl)palmitamide (PMA) and citric acid (HCA), at a molar ratio of 3 : 1. Such a nanostructured fluid exhibits bell-shaped sol–gel–sol transitions with sequential pH variation, reflecting continuous structural transformations from sphere to worm to no aggregates.

Graphical abstract: Bell-shaped sol–gel–sol conversions in pH-responsive worm-based nanostructured fluid

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4SM02845G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
21 Dec 2014
Accepted
28 Jan 2015
First published
28 Jan 2015

Soft Matter, 2015,11, 2080-2084

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Bell-shaped sol–gel–sol conversions in pH-responsive worm-based nanostructured fluid

Y. Zhang, P. An and X. Liu, Soft Matter, 2015, 11, 2080 DOI: 10.1039/C4SM02845G

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