Issue 89, 2020
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Chemical Communications

Photo-dissociation of self-assembled (anthracene-2-carbonyl)amino acid hydrogels†

Phillip R. A. Chivers, ORCID logo ab   Rebecca S. Dookie, ORCID logo c   Julie E. Gough ORCID logo d  and  Simon J. Webb ORCID logo *ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK
E-mail: S.Webb@manchester.ac.uk

b Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, 131 Princess St, Manchester, UK

c Manchester Collaborative Centre for Inflammation Research, University of Manchester, 2 Grafton Street, Manchester, UK

d Department of Materials, University of Manchester, MSS Tower, Manchester, UK

Abstract

Amino acids modified with an N-terminal anthracene group self-assemble into supramolecular hydrogels upon the addition of a range of salts or cell culture medium. Gel-phase photo-dimerisation of gelators results in hydrogel disassembly and was used to recover cells from 3D culture.

Graphical abstract: Photo-dissociation of self-assembled (anthracene-2-carbonyl)amino acid hydrogels

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CC05292B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
03 Aug 2020
Accepted
09 Oct 2020
First published
09 Oct 2020
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2020,56, 13792-13795

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Photo-dissociation of self-assembled (anthracene-2-carbonyl)amino acid hydrogels

P. R. A. Chivers, R. S. Dookie, J. E. Gough and S. J. Webb, Chem. Commun., 2020, 56, 13792 DOI: 10.1039/D0CC05292B

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