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Chemical Communications

Macrocycle-ATP mediated contraction and expansion of a hydrogel actuator†

Mehroz Ahmed, ORCID logo a   Baturalp Baser ORCID logo a  and  Jonathan L. Sessler ORCID logo *a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, 105 E. 24th Street-A5300, Austin, TX 78712-1224, USA
E-mail: sessler@cm.utexas.edu

Abstract

Hydrogel actuators that respond to specific environmental stimuli are attracting increasing interest. Reported here is a hydrogel actuator system that is selectively responsive to adenosine triphosphate (ATP) over its hydrolysis products.

Graphical abstract: Macrocycle-ATP mediated contraction and expansion of a hydrogel actuator

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CC01195G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
04 Mar 2025
Accepted
04 Apr 2025
First published
04 Apr 2025
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2025,61, 7069-7072

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Macrocycle-ATP mediated contraction and expansion of a hydrogel actuator

M. Ahmed, B. Baser and J. L. Sessler, Chem. Commun., 2025, 61, 7069 DOI: 10.1039/D5CC01195G

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