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Using chirality to influence supramolecular gelation
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posted on 2023-06-09, 18:30 authored by Kate McAulay, Bart Dietrich, Hao Su, Michael T. Scott, Sarah Rogers, Youssra K. Al-Hilaly, Honggang Cui, Louise C. Serpell, Annela M. Seddon, Emily R. Draper, Dave J. AdamsMost low molecular weight gelators are chiral, with racemic mixtures often unable to form gels. Here, we show an example where all enantiomers, diastereomers and racemates of a single functionalized dipeptide can form gels. At high pH, different self-assembled aggregates are formed and these directly template the structures formed in the gel. Hence, solutions and gels with different properties can be accessed simply by varying the chirality. This opens up new design rules for the field.
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Chemical ScienceISSN
2041-6539Publisher
Royal Society of ChemistryExternal DOI
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