Issue 25, 2013

Novel pH responsive calix[8]arene hydrogelators: self-organization processes at a nanometric scale

Abstract

Water soluble amphiphilic calix[8]arenes have been found to form pH-responsive and reversible supramolecular hydrogels at sub-millimolar concentration. Depending on their upper rim functionalization, pH variations trigger hydrogelation under basic or acidic conditions. Studies on self-organization processes by atomic force microscopy (AFM) measurements on differently charged surfaces are reported.

Graphical abstract: Novel pH responsive calix[8]arene hydrogelators: self-organization processes at a nanometric scale

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
16 jan 2013
Accepted
05 feb 2013
First published
07 feb 2013

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 2530-2532

Novel pH responsive calix[8]arene hydrogelators: self-organization processes at a nanometric scale

T. Mecca, G. M. L. Messina, G. Marletta and F. Cunsolo, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 2530 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC40374B

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