A highly selective, Hg2+ triggered hydrogelation: modulation of morphology by chemical stimuli

Biswa Nath Ghosh; Sandip Bhowmik; Prasenjit Mal; Kari Rissanen

doi:10.1039/C3CC47591C

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A highly selective, Hg²⁺ triggered hydrogelation: modulation of morphology by chemical stimuli†

Biswa Nath Ghosh,‡^a Sandip Bhowmik,‡^a Prasenjit Mal*^b and Kari Rissanen*^a

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^b School of Chemical Sciences, NISER, Bhubaneswar, Institute of Physics Campus, P.O. Sainik School, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 751005, India

Abstract

We report the first Hg²⁺ selective hydrogelation by 4′-[4-(4-aminophenyl)phenyl]-2,2′:6′,2′′-terpyridine. The gel showed remarkable response towards specific chemical agents such as benzo-18-crown-6 ether and K⁺ which enabled extensive modulation of the gel morphology.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC47591C
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 03 Oct 2013
Accepted: 07 Nov 2013
First published: 08 Nov 2013

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Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 734-736

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A highly selective, Hg²⁺ triggered hydrogelation: modulation of morphology by chemical stimuli

B. N. Ghosh, S. Bhowmik, P. Mal and K. Rissanen, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 734 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC47591C

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