A unique thermo-induced gel-to-gel transition in a pH-sensitive small-molecule hydrogel.
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SUBMITTER: Xie H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5559595 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug
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A unique thermo-induced gel-to-gel transition in a pH-sensitive small-molecule hydrogel.
Xie Hongtao H Asad Ayoubi Mehran M Lu Wensheng W Wang Jide J Huang Jianbin J Wang Wei W
Scientific reports 20170816 1
For a hydrogel based on a zwitterionic dendritic surfactant, we report an apparently unprecedented reversible temperature-induced gel-to-gel phase transition below the melting point of its alkyl chains, where the supramolecular self-assembly of surfactant molecules underwent a dramatic transformation from low-temperature surfactant bilayers to high-temperature entangled surfactant worm-like micelles. ...[more]
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