Biswa Nath Ghosh, Sandip Bhowmik, Prasenjit Mal and Kari Rissanen
Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 734-736
DOI:
10.1039/C3CC47591C,
Communication
We report the first Hg2+ selective hydrogelation by 4′-[4-(4-aminophenyl)phenyl]-2,2′:6′,2′′-terpyridine. The gel showed remarkable response towards specific chemical agents such as benzo-18-crown-6 ether and K+ which enabled extensive modulation of the gel morphology.