Issue 9, 2018

Gel-based supramolecular ON–OFF switch from aryl-triazolyl peptides with excellent chiro-optical, thixotropic, and self-healing characteristics

Abstract

Systematic structure–property optimization of an achiral gelator (aryl-triazolyl homo dipeptide, 1.0) through a fragment replacement approach led to the identification of a new chiral system (aryl-triazolyl dipeptide 1.4 having leucine as the C-terminal residue) which exhibits consistent and perfectly reversible chiro-optical responses on sol–gel transition that can work like an ON–OFF switch. The gelator 1.4 could also direct the assembly of 1.0 in a sergeant-soldier mode to give similar CD responses. In addition, its gels are mouldable, self-healing and highly thixotropic, making it important from an application standpoint.

Graphical abstract: Gel-based supramolecular ON–OFF switch from aryl-triazolyl peptides with excellent chiro-optical, thixotropic, and self-healing characteristics

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
06 Jan 2018
Accepted
24 Jan 2018
First published
24 Jan 2018

Soft Matter, 2018,14, 1631-1636

Gel-based supramolecular ON–OFF switch from aryl-triazolyl peptides with excellent chiro-optical, thixotropic, and self-healing characteristics

B. K. Srivastava and K. M. Muraleedharan, Soft Matter, 2018, 14, 1631 DOI: 10.1039/C8SM00050F

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