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Amino acid-based amphiphilic hydrogels: metal ion induced tuning of mechanical and thermal stability†

Shibaji Basak,a   Ishwar Singh,a   Arindam Banerjeec  and  Heinz-Bernhard Kraatz ORCID logo *ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough, 1265 Military Trail, Toronto, Canada

b Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
E-mail: bernie.kraatz@utoronto.ca

c Department of Biological Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata – 700 032, India
E-mail: bcab@iacs.res.in

Abstract

A phenylalanine based gelator was found to form a hydrogel in phosphate buffer solution. Addition of metal ions to this hydrogel dramatically increases the thermal stability and mechanical strength.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C7RA01277B
Article type
Paper
Submitted
30 Jan 2017
Accepted
17 Feb 2017
First published
06 Mar 2017
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

RSC Adv., 2017,7, 14461-14465

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Amino acid-based amphiphilic hydrogels: metal ion induced tuning of mechanical and thermal stability

S. Basak, I. Singh, A. Banerjee and H. Kraatz, RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 14461 DOI: 10.1039/C7RA01277B

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