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The influence of substituents on gelation and stacking order of oligoaramid – based supramolecular networks

  • Drechsler, Susanne Department of Chemistry - University of Fribourg - Chemin du Musée 9 - CH-1700 Fribourg - Switzerland
  • Balog, Sandor Adolphe Merkle Institute - University of Fribourg - Chemin des Verdiers 4 - CH-1700 Fribourg - Switzerland
  • Kilbinger, Andreas F. M. Department of Chemistry - University of Fribourg - Chemin du Musée 9 - CH-1700 Fribourg - Switzerland
  • Casalini, Tommaso Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering - Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences - ETH Zurich - 8093 Zurich - Switzerland
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    18.09.2019
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  • Soft Matter. - 2019, vol. 15, no. 36, p. 7250–7261
English Self-assembly has proven to be a powerful tool for functional, smart materials such as hydrogels derived from low molecular weight compounds. However, the targeted design of functional gelators remains difficult. Here, we present a set of four Y-shaped aromatic amide tetramers with varying functionalities able to undergo different non- covalent interactions. These compounds were explored towards their self-assembly behavior and hydrogel formation by experimental methods such as UV-vis spectroscopy, rheology, small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), scanning/transmission electron, and atomic force microscopy. Additionally, we investigated the main mechanisms behind oligomer aggregation and the structure of the resulting supramolecular chains through full atomistic molecular dynamics simulations.
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Faculté des sciences et de médecine
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Département de Chimie
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  • English
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Chemistry
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