Issue 75, 2012
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Chemical Communications

Dipeptide hydrogelation triggered via ultraviolet light†

Jaclyn Raeburn,a   Tom O. McDonaldb  and  Dave J. Adams*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, UK
E-mail: d.j.adams@liverpool.ac.uk

b Centre for Materials Discovery, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, UK

Abstract

UV irradiation of a dipeptide gelator in solution with a photoacid generator (PAG) results in the formation of a hydrogel. We demonstrate that photopatterning of these gels using a UV mask is possible.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC34677J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
29 Jun 2012
Accepted
01 Aug 2012
First published
10 Aug 2012

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 9355-9357

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Dipeptide hydrogelation triggered via ultraviolet light

J. Raeburn, T. O. McDonald and D. J. Adams, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 9355 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC34677J

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