Issue 25, 2012
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Soft Matter

Dipeptide hydrogel formation triggered by boronic acid–sugar recognition

Stella Grigoriou,a   Eleanor K. Johnson,a   Lin Chen,b   Dave J. Adams,b   Tony D. Jamesa  and  Petra J. Cameron*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, UK
E-mail: p.j.cameron@bath.ac.uk

b Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, UK

Abstract

The pH drop associated with sugar recognition and binding by boronic acids has been used to initiate the formation of gels from dipeptide gelators. Gels formed in the presence of fructose, but not glucose which has a weaker binding constant to boronic acids.

Graphical abstract: Dipeptide hydrogel formation triggered by boronic acid–sugar recognition

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2SM25713K
Article type
Paper
Submitted
27 Mar 2012
Accepted
08 May 2012
First published
22 May 2012

Soft Matter, 2012,8, 6788-6791

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Dipeptide hydrogel formation triggered by boronic acid–sugar recognition

S. Grigoriou, E. K. Johnson, L. Chen, D. J. Adams, T. D. James and P. J. Cameron, Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 6788 DOI: 10.1039/C2SM25713K

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