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Jimenez JAM, Egan J, Randle RI, Rezig AO, Orimolade BO, Ginesi RE, Schweins R, Riehle MO, Draper ER. Tuning conductivity while maintaining mechanical properties in perylene bisimide hydrogels at physiological pH. Chem Commun (Camb) 2024; 60:3027-3030. [PMID: 38385307 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc04557a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2024]
Abstract
By using different salts as a method to achieve gelation of two different amino-acid-functionalised perylene bisimides, we were able to tune reduction potentials while maintaining the mechanical and optical properties of the system all at pH 7.4.
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Affiliation(s)
- Juan Antonio Mena Jimenez
- School of Chemistry, Joseph Black Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, 18071, Spain
| | - Jacquelyn Egan
- School of Chemistry, Joseph Black Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
| | - Rebecca I Randle
- School of Chemistry, Joseph Black Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
| | - Amina Omelbanine Rezig
- School of Chemistry, Joseph Black Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
- School of Molecular Biosciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- School of Chemistry, Joseph Black Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
| | - Ralf Schweins
- Institut Laue-Langevin, Large Scale Structures Group, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, CS 20156, F-38042, Grenoble, Cedex 9, France
| | - Mathis O Riehle
- School of Molecular Biosciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
| | - Emily R Draper
- School of Chemistry, Joseph Black Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
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