Photo-Crosslinked Coumarin-Containing Bis-Urea Amphiphile Hydrogels

Jie Liu, Xianwen Lou, Maaike J.G. Schotman, Patricia P. Marín San Román, Rint P. Sijbesma (Corresponding author)

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Samenvatting

The design of photo-responsive supramolecular hydrogels based on coumarin dimerization and de-dimerization is described. The photo-responsive coumarin unit is chemically incorporated into an oligo(ethylene glycol) (OEG) bis-urea amphiphile that is capable of co-assembling with non-functionalized OEG amphiphile, to form supramolecular fibers. UV light with two different wavelengths (365 nm and 254 nm) is employed to induce a photo-reversible dimerization and de-dimerization process of coumarin units, respectively. The co-assembled solutions could be photo-crosslinked to induce a sol-to-gel transition through dimerization of coumarin with 365 nm UV light, and de-dimerization occurs with 254 nm UV light, to provide a weaker gel. In this system, the mechanical strength of supramolecular hydrogels can be tuned using the irradiation time, providing precise control of gelation in a supramolecular hydrogelator.

Originele taal-2Engels
Artikelnummer615
Aantal pagina's13
TijdschriftGels
Volume8
Nummer van het tijdschrift10
DOI's
StatusGepubliceerd - okt. 2022

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Financiering

This research was funded by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science (Gravity program 024.001.035) and was supported by the Netherlands Cardiovascular Research Initiative: an initiative with support of the Dutch Heart Foundation, CVON2014-27 REMAIN.

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