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Chemical Communications

Interplay between hydrophilic and hydrophobic interactions in the self-assembly of a gemini amphiphilic pseudopeptide: from nano-spheres to hydrogels†

Jenifer Rubio,a   Ignacio Alfonso,*b   M. Isabel Burguetea  and  Santiago V. Luis*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Departamento de Química Inorgánica y Orgánica, Universidad Jaume I, Avenida Sos Baynat, s/n, Castellón, Spain
E-mail: luiss@qio.uji.es
Fax: +34 964728214
Tel: +34 964728239

b Departamento de Química Biológica y Modelización Molecular, IQAC-CSIC, Jordi Girona 18-26, Barcelona, Spain
E-mail: ignacio.alfonso@iqac.csic.es
Fax: +34 932045904
Tel: +34 934006100

Abstract

The formation of soluble nano-spheres or stable hydrogels through the self-assembling of a simple gemini amphiphilic pseudopeptide can be controlled by the tuning of the hydrophilic/hydrophobic interactions in aqueous medium.

Graphical abstract: Interplay between hydrophilic and hydrophobic interactions in the self-assembly of a gemini amphiphilic pseudopeptide: from nano-spheres to hydrogels

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC17153H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
17 Nov 2011
Accepted
16 Dec 2011
First published
20 Dec 2011

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 2210-2212

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Interplay between hydrophilic and hydrophobic interactions in the self-assembly of a gemini amphiphilic pseudopeptide: from nano-spheres to hydrogels

J. Rubio, I. Alfonso, M. I. Burguete and S. V. Luis, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 2210 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17153H

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