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Poirier A, Le Griel P, Hoffmann I, Perez J, Pernot P, Fresnais J, Baccile N. Ca 2+ and Ag + orient low-molecular weight amphiphile self-assembly into "nano-fishnet" fibrillar hydrogels with unusual β-sheet-like raft domains. SOFT MATTER 2023; 19:378-393. [PMID: 36562421 DOI: 10.1039/d2sm01218a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Low-molecular weight gelators (LMWGs) are small molecules (Mw < ∼1 kDa), which form self-assembled fibrillar network (SAFiN) hydrogels in water when triggered by an external stimulus. A great majority of SAFiN gels involve an entangled network of self-assembled fibers, in analogy to a polymer in a good solvent. In some rare cases, a combination of attractive van der Waals and repulsive electrostatic forces drives the formation of bundles with a suprafibrillar hexagonal order. In this work, an unexpected micelle-to-fiber transition is triggered by Ca2+ or Ag+ ions added to a micellar solution of a novel glycolipid surfactant, whereas salt-induced fibrillation is not common for surfactants. The resulting SAFiN, which forms a hydrogel above 0.5 wt%, has a "nano-fishnet" structure, characterized by a fibrous network of both entangled fibers and β-sheet-like rafts, generally observed for silk fibroin, actin hydrogels or mineral imogolite nanotubes, but not known for SAFiNs. The β-sheet-like raft domains are characterized by a combination of cryo-TEM and SAXS and seem to contribute to the stability of glycolipid gels. Furthermore, glycolipid is obtained by fermentation from natural resources (glucose, rapeseed oil), thus showing that naturally engineered compounds can have unprecedented properties, when compared to the wide range of chemically derived amphiphiles.
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- Alexandre Poirier
- Sorbonne Université, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris, LCMCP, F-75005 Paris, France.
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- Sorbonne Université, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris, LCMCP, F-75005 Paris, France.
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- Synchrotron Soleil, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, BP48, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- ESRF - The European Synchrotron, CS40220, 38043 Grenoble, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Physico-chimie des Électrolytes et Nanosystèmes Interfaciaux, PHENIX - UMR 8234, F-75252, Paris Cedex 05, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris, LCMCP, F-75005 Paris, France.
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McDowall D, Walker M, Vassalli M, Cantini M, Khunti N, Edwards-Gayle CJC, Cowieson N, Adams DJ. Controlling the formation and alignment of low molecular weight gel 'noodles'. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:8782-8785. [PMID: 34378594 PMCID: PMC8447933 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc03378f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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We show how to control the formation and alignment of gel ‘noodles’. Nanostructure alignment can be achieved reproducibly by extensional deformation as the filaments form. Using a spinning technique, very long and highly aligned filaments can be made. The Young's moduli of the gel noodles are similar to that of a bulk gel. By using two syringe pumps in a concentric flow setup, we show that a filament-in-filament morphology can be created. Extensional deformations induce nanostructure alignment in low molecular weight gel noodles during injection.![]()
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- Daniel McDowall
- Joseph Black Building, University Place, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK.
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Zhang D, Jiang N, Chen X, He B. Rheology of crosslinked entangled polymers: Shear stiffening in oscillatory shear. J Appl Polym Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/app.48421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- College of ChemistrySichuan University Chengdu China
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- College of ChemistrySichuan University Chengdu China
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- College of ChemistrySichuan University Chengdu China
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Zhang M, Fives C, Waldron KC, Zhu XX. Self-Assembly of a Bile Acid Dimer in Aqueous Solutions: From Nanofibers to Nematic Hydrogels. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2017; 33:1084-1089. [PMID: 28048933 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b04033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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A mixture of a cholic acid dimer with a secondary amine group and formic acid at a molar ratio of 1/1 is regarded as an organic salt, and it self-assembles in aqueous solutions to form monodisperse nanofibers. The nanofibers are separated at low concentrations of the mixture but entangle with each other at high concentrations to form well-dispersed and randomly arranged 3D fibrous networks. Above the minimum gelation concentration of the dimer, the fibrous network is strong enough to gelate the aqueous solutions to form a hydrogel. Hydrogels obtained from the dimer salt at a lower concentration are isotropic and show extinction between crossed polarizers in the polarizing microscope, whereas they become anisotropic (i.e., nematic hydrogels) upon increasing the dimer salt concentration or under physical stirring. The parallel arrangement of nanofibers from randomly directed fibrous networks may be responsible for the formation of such nematic hydrogels.
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- Meng Zhang
- Département de Chimie, Université de Montréal , C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre-ville, Montreal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada
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- Département de Chimie, Université de Montréal , C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre-ville, Montreal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada
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- Département de Chimie, Université de Montréal , C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre-ville, Montreal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada
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- Département de Chimie, Université de Montréal , C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre-ville, Montreal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada
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Zhang M, Strandman S, Waldron KC, Zhu XX. Supramolecular hydrogelation with bile acid derivatives: structures, properties and applications. J Mater Chem B 2016; 4:7506-7520. [DOI: 10.1039/c6tb02270g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Bile acid derivatives can form molecular hydrogels that may be useful for drug delivery, tissue engineering and nanotemplating.
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- Meng Zhang
- Département de Chimie
- Université de Montréal
- Montreal
- Canada
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- Département de Chimie
- Université de Montréal
- Montreal
- Canada
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- Département de Chimie
- Université de Montréal
- Montreal
- Canada
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Zhang M, Waldron KC, Zhu XX. Formation of molecular hydrogels from a bile acid derivative and selected carboxylic acids. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra04536g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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A cholic acid dimer forms hydrogels with selected carboxylic acids via protonation and hydrogen bonding.
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- Meng Zhang
- Département de Chimie
- Université de Montréal
- Montreal
- Canada
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- Département de Chimie
- Université de Montréal
- Montreal
- Canada
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di Gregorio MC, Pavel NV, Miragaya J, Jover A, Meijide F, Vázquez Tato J, Tellini VHS, Galantini L. Catanionic gels based on cholic acid derivatives. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2013; 29:12342-12351. [PMID: 24063307 DOI: 10.1021/la402602d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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In this paper, the preparation and characterization of an anionic and a cationic surfactant obtained by chemical modifications of a natural bile acid (cholic acid) are reported. The bile acid was modified by introducing a diamine or a dicarboxylic aromatic residue on the lateral chain. The pure cationic surfactant self-assembles in a network of fibers with a cross-section gyration radius of about 15.1 Å, providing hydrogels with a pH-dependent compactness. On the other hand, the anionic molecule gives rise to prolate ellipsoid micelles. Homogeneous catanionic mixtures have also been obtained, with molar fraction of each surfactant ranging from 0.125 to 0.875. At total surfactant concentration of 0.05% (w/v), the mixtures form gels of fibrils partially arranged in secondary twisted superstructures. Comparison of this concentration with the minimum gelation concentration of the pure cationic derivative (0.16% w/v) suggests that, in the mixtures, the presence of the electrostatic component in self-assembly of the molecules allows the formation of gels starting from more dilute samples. In view of these achievements, this work suggests that catanionic mixtures can be exploited to enhance the efficiency of gelators.
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- M Chiara di Gregorio
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Roma "La Sapienza" , P. le A. Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy
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Svobodová H, Noponen V, Kolehmainen E, Sievänen E. Recent advances in steroidal supramolecular gels. RSC Adv 2012. [DOI: 10.1039/c2ra01343f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 184] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Palui G, Garai A, Nanda J, Nandi AK, Banerjee A. Organogels from Different Self-Assembling New Dendritic Peptides: Morphology, Reheology, and Structural Investigations. J Phys Chem B 2009; 114:1249-56. [DOI: 10.1021/jp908011v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Goutam Palui
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Polymer Science Unit, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700 032, India
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Polymer Science Unit, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700 032, India
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Polymer Science Unit, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700 032, India
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Polymer Science Unit, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700 032, India
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Polymer Science Unit, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700 032, India
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Terech P, Dourdain S, Bhat S, Maitra U. Self-Assembly of Bile Steroid Analogues: Molecules, Fibers, and Networks. J Phys Chem B 2009; 113:8252-67. [DOI: 10.1021/jp811217b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Pierre Terech
- CEA-Grenoble, INAC-SPrAM (UMR5819)-LASSO, 17 rue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, France, and Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India
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- CEA-Grenoble, INAC-SPrAM (UMR5819)-LASSO, 17 rue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, France, and Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India
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- CEA-Grenoble, INAC-SPrAM (UMR5819)-LASSO, 17 rue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, France, and Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India
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- CEA-Grenoble, INAC-SPrAM (UMR5819)-LASSO, 17 rue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, France, and Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India
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de Petris G, Festa MR, Galantini L, Giglio E, Leggio C, Pavel NV, Troiani A. Sodium Glycodeoxycholate and Glycocholate Mixed Aggregates in Gas and Solution Phases. J Phys Chem B 2009; 113:7162-9. [DOI: 10.1021/jp9010586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Giulia de Petris
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Research Center SOFT-INFM-CNR, and Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, Sapienza Università di Roma, P. le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Research Center SOFT-INFM-CNR, and Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, Sapienza Università di Roma, P. le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Research Center SOFT-INFM-CNR, and Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, Sapienza Università di Roma, P. le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Research Center SOFT-INFM-CNR, and Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, Sapienza Università di Roma, P. le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Research Center SOFT-INFM-CNR, and Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, Sapienza Università di Roma, P. le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Research Center SOFT-INFM-CNR, and Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, Sapienza Università di Roma, P. le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Research Center SOFT-INFM-CNR, and Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, Sapienza Università di Roma, P. le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy
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