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Umut E, Beira MJ, Oztop MH, Sahiner N, Sebastião PJ, Kruk D. Water Dynamics in Dextran-Based Hydrogel Micro/Nanoparticles Studied by NMR Diffusometry and Relaxometry. J Phys Chem B 2023; 127:8950-8960. [PMID: 37812396 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c04452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/10/2023]
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Water dynamics in mesoporous dextran hydrogel micro/nanoparticles was investigated by means of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques. High-resolution 1H NMR spectra and pulsed field gradient (PFG) NMR diffusometry measurements obtained on swollen state dextran micro/nanogel revealed the existence of different fractions of water molecules based on their interaction with the gel matrix. In addition to the translational diffusion of bulk water, two more diffusion processes characterized with self-diffusion coefficients 1 and 2 orders of magnitude smaller than that of bulk water were identified. 1H spin-lattice relaxation dispersion profiles obtained for a broad range of Larmor frequencies using fast field cycling (FFC) and conventional NMR relaxometry techniques allowed us to further clarify the mechanisms of molecular motion. According to the water proton pool fractions and associated self-diffusion coefficients, it is shown that the relaxation contribution associated with reorientation-mediated translational motions (RMTDs) dominates the relaxation dispersion observed at intermediate frequencies. At very low frequencies, the spin-lattice relaxation rate is dominated by the slow solid-gel dynamics probed by the water molecules interacting with the pores' surface hydroxyl groups due to the rapid chemical exchange between surface hydroxyl groups and free water. The correlation time for the thumbling-like motion of the dextran gel was found to be in the submillisecond range. The values of the self-diffusion and coherence lengths associated with motion of water molecules interacting with the solid-gel particles are consistent with the particle size and pore size distributions obtained for the studied dextran gels.
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- Evrim Umut
- Department of Medical Imaging Techniques, School of Healthcare, Dokuz Eylul University, 35330 Izmir, Turkey
- BioIzmir - Health Technologies Development and Accelerator Research Center, 35330 Izmir, Turkey
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- CeFEMA - Center of Physics and Engineering of Advanced Materials and Department of Physics, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Food Engineering, Middle East Technical University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, 17020 Çanakkale, Turkey
- Department of Ophthalmology, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, 12901 B. Downs Blv., MDC 21, Tampa, Florida 33612, United States
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- CeFEMA - Center of Physics and Engineering of Advanced Materials and Department of Physics, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
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- NanoBioMedical Centre, Adam Mickiewicz University, Wszechnicy Piastowskiej 3, 61-614 Poznan, Poland
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Gizatullin B, Mattea C, Shikhov I, Arns C, Stapf S. Modeling Molecular Interactions with Wetting and Non-Wetting Rock Surfaces by Combining Electron Paramagnetic Resonance and NMR Relaxometry. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2022; 38:11033-11053. [PMID: 36047994 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c01681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Three types of natural rocks─Bentheimer and Berea sandstones, as well as Liège Chalk─have been aged by immersion in a bitumen solution for extended periods of time in two steps, changing the surface conditions from water-wet to oil-wet. NMR relaxation dispersion measurements were carried out on water and oil constituents, with saturated and aromatic molecules considered individually. In order to separate the different relaxation mechanisms discussed in the literature, 1H and 19F relaxation times were compared to 2H for fully deuterated liquids: while 2H relaxes predominantly by quadrupolar coupling, which is an intramolecular process, the remaining nuclei relax by dipolar coupling, which potentially consists of intra- and intermolecular contributions. The wettability change becomes evident in an increase of relaxation rates for oil and a corresponding decrease for water. However, this expected behavior dominates only for the spin-lattice relaxation rate R1 at very low field strengths and for the spin-spin relaxation rate R2, while high-field longitudinal relaxation shows a much weaker or even reverse trend. This is attributed in part to a change of radical concentration on the pore surface upon coverage of the native rock surface by bitumen as well as by the change of surface chemistry and roughness. EPR and DNP measurements quantify the change of volume vs surface radical concentration in the rocks, and an improved understanding of the role of relaxation via paramagnetic centers is obtained. By means of comparing different fluids and nuclei in combination with a defined wettability change of natural rocks, a refined model for molecular dynamics in conjunction with NMR relaxation dispersion is proposed.
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- Bulat Gizatullin
- FG Technische Physik II/Polymerphysik, Technische Universität Ilmenau, D-98684 Ilmenau, Germany
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- FG Technische Physik II/Polymerphysik, Technische Universität Ilmenau, D-98684 Ilmenau, Germany
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- School of Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering, Univ. of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- School of Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering, Univ. of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- FG Technische Physik II/Polymerphysik, Technische Universität Ilmenau, D-98684 Ilmenau, Germany
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Crețu A, Mattea C, Stapf S. Low-field and variable-field NMR relaxation studies of H2O and D2O molecular dynamics in articular cartilage. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0256177. [PMID: 34432832 PMCID: PMC8386884 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2021] [Accepted: 07/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Osteoarthritis (OA) as the main degenerative disease of articular cartilage in joints is accompanied by structural and compositional changes in the tissue. Degeneration is a consequence of a reduction of the amount of macromolecules, the so-called proteoglycans, and of a corresponding increase in water content, both leading to structural weakening of cartilage. NMR investigations of cartilage generally address only the relaxation properties of water. In this study, two-dimensional (T1-T2) measurements of bovine articular cartilage samples were carried out for different stages of hydration, complemented by molecular exchange with D2O and treatment by trypsin which simulates degeneration by OA. Two signal components were identified in all measurements, characterized by very different T2 which suggests liquid-like and solid-like dynamics. These measurements allow the quantification of separate hydrogen components and their assignment to defined physical pools which had been discussed repeatedly in the literature, i.e. bulk-like water and a combination of protein hydrogens and strongly bound water. The first determination of 2H relaxation dispersion in comparison to 1H dispersion suggests intramolecular interactions as the dominating source for the pronounced magnetic field dependence of the longitudinal relaxation time T1.
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- Andrea Crețu
- Fachgebiet Technische Physik II/Polymerphysik, Institute of Physics, Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany
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- Fachgebiet Technische Physik II/Polymerphysik, Institute of Physics, Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany
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- Fachgebiet Technische Physik II/Polymerphysik, Institute of Physics, Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany
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Molecular-level insights into structure and dynamics in ionic liquids and polymer gel electrolytes. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.115454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Jayakody NK, Fraenza CC, Greenbaum SG, Ashby D, Dunn BS. NMR Relaxometry and Diffusometry Analysis of Dynamics in Ionic Liquids and Ionogels for Use in Lithium-Ion Batteries. J Phys Chem B 2020; 124:6843-6856. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c02755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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- Nishani Kanchana Jayakody
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Hunter College of CUNY, New York, New York 10065, United States
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Hunter College of CUNY, New York, New York 10065, United States
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Hunter College of CUNY, New York, New York 10065, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024, United States
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Ordikhani Seyedlar A, Stapf S, Mattea C. Nuclear magnetic relaxation and diffusion study of the ionic liquids 1-ethyl- and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide confined in porous glass. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN CHEMISTRY : MRC 2019; 57:818-828. [PMID: 30770585 DOI: 10.1002/mrc.4852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2018] [Revised: 02/08/2019] [Accepted: 02/11/2019] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The molecular dynamics of the room-temperature ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide (Bmim Tf2N) confined in porous glass is studied by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) relaxometry and diffusometry and is compared with the bulk dynamics over a wide temperature range. The molecular reorientation processes for anions and cations alike are found to be significantly affected by the presence of the glass interface at high temperatures. In this respect, the ionic liquid behaves similarly to polar liquids where proton NMR relaxation is governed by reorientations mediated by translational displacements (RMTDs). This process becomes less significant towards lower temperatures when the characteristic translational correlation times of the ions approach a timescale comparable with those of the RMTD process, and the relaxation dispersions in bulk and in confinement become similar below a temperature corresponding to about 1.2Tg , a value where the onset of dynamic heterogeneity has been observed before. The self-diffusion coefficient, on the other hand, is found to be strongly reduced than the bulk within the accessible temperature range of 248 K and above and is significantly slower than expected from the tortuosity effect, suggesting that ion-surface interactions affect the macroscopic properties.
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- Amin Ordikhani Seyedlar
- Department of Technical Physics II, Institute of Physics, Technische Universität Ilmenau, Ilmenau, Germany
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- Department of Technical Physics II, Institute of Physics, Technische Universität Ilmenau, Ilmenau, Germany
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- Department of Technical Physics II, Institute of Physics, Technische Universität Ilmenau, Ilmenau, Germany
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Bielejewski M, Rachocki A, Kaszyńska J, Tritt-Goc J. The gelation influence on diffusion and conductivity enhancement effect in renewable ionic gels based on a LMWG. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:5803-5817. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp07740h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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An enhanced ionic conductivity effect (EICE) in renewable organic ionic gels used to monitor the gel state condition and quality.
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- M. Bielejewski
- Institute of Molecular Physics Polish Academy of Sciences
- 60-179 Poznan
- Poland
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- Institute of Molecular Physics Polish Academy of Sciences
- 60-179 Poznan
- Poland
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- Institute of Molecular Physics Polish Academy of Sciences
- 60-179 Poznan
- Poland
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- Institute of Molecular Physics Polish Academy of Sciences
- 60-179 Poznan
- Poland
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Seydel T, Edkins RM, Jones CD, Foster JA, Bewley R, Aguilar JA, Edkins K. Increased rate of solvent diffusion in a prototypical supramolecular gel measured on the picosecond timescale. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 54:6340-6343. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cc02962h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Solvent diffusion in a prototypical supramolecular gel probed by quasi-elastic neutron scattering on the picosecond timescale is faster than that in the respective bulk solvent.
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- Tilo Seydel
- Institut Laue-Langevin
- Boulevard des Martyrs
- France
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory
- University of Oxford
- Oxford
- UK
- Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry
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- ISIS Neutron Facility
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
- Didcot
- UK
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Wallace M, Iggo JA, Adams DJ. Probing the surface chemistry of self-assembled peptide hydrogels using solution-state NMR spectroscopy. SOFT MATTER 2017; 13:1716-1727. [PMID: 28165092 DOI: 10.1039/c6sm02404a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The surface chemistry of self-assembled hydrogel fibres - their charge, hydrophobicity and ion-binding dynamics - is recognised to play an important role in determining how the gels develop as well as their suitability for different applications. However, to date there are no established methodologies for the study of this surface chemistry. Here, we demonstrate how solution-state NMR spectroscopy can be employed to measure the surface chemical properties of the fibres in a range of hydrogels formed from N-functionalised dipeptides, an effective and versatile class of gelator that has attracted much attention. By studying the interactions with the gel fibres of a diverse range of probe molecules and ions, we can simultaneously study a number of surface chemical properties of the NMR invisible fibres in an essentially non-invasive manner. Our results yield fresh insights into the materials. Most notably, gel fibres assembled using different tiggering methods bear differing amounts of negative charge as a result of a partial deprotonation of the carboxylic acid groups of the gelators. We also demonstrate how chemical shift imaging (CSI) techniques can be applied to follow the formation of hydrogels along chemical gradients. We apply CSI to study the binding of Ca2+ and subsequent gelation of peptide assemblies at alkaline pH. Using metal ion-binding molecules as probes, we are able to detect the presence of bound Ca2+ ions on the surface of the gel fibres. We briefly explore how knowledge of the surface chemical properties of hydrogels could be used to inform their practical application in fields such as drug delivery and environmental remediation.
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- Matthew Wallace
- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, UK.
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Silletta EV, Velasco MI, Gomez CG, Strumia MC, Stapf S, Mattea C, Monti GA, Acosta RH. Enhanced Surface Interaction of Water Confined in Hierarchical Porous Polymers Induced by Hydrogen Bonding. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2016; 32:7427-7434. [PMID: 27341270 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b00824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Hierarchical porous polymer systems are increasingly applied to catalysis, bioengineering, or separation technology because of the versatility provided by the connection of mesopores with percolating macroporous structures. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is a suitable technique for the study of such systems as it can detect signals stemming from the confined liquid and translate this information into pore size, molecular mobility, and liquid-surface interactions. We focus on the properties of water confined in macroporous polymers of ethylene glycol dimethacrylate and 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate [poly(EGDMA-co-HEMA)] with different amounts of cross-linkers, in which a substantial variation of hydroxyl groups is achieved. As soft polymer scaffolds may swell upon saturation with determined liquids, the use of NMR is particularly important as it measures the system in its operational state. This study combines different NMR techniques to obtain information on surface interactions of water with hydrophilic polymer chains. A transition from a surface-induced relaxation in which relaxivity depends on the pore size to a regime where the organic pore surface strongly restricts water diffusion is observed. Surface affinities are defined through the molecular residence times near the network surface.
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- Emilia V Silletta
- FaMAF-Universidad Nacional de Córdoba and IFEG-CONICET , 5016 Córdoba, Argentina
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- FaMAF-Universidad Nacional de Córdoba and IFEG-CONICET , 5016 Córdoba, Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas (IMBIV-CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Córdoba , Haya de la Torre y Medina Allende, Edificio de Ciencias II-Ciudad Universitaria, 5000 Córdoba, Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas (IMBIV-CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Córdoba , Haya de la Torre y Medina Allende, Edificio de Ciencias II-Ciudad Universitaria, 5000 Córdoba, Argentina
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- Fachgebiet Technische Physik II/Polymer Physik, Institute of Physics, Technische Universität Ilmenau , P.O. Box 100 565, 98684 Ilmenau, Germany
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- Fachgebiet Technische Physik II/Polymer Physik, Institute of Physics, Technische Universität Ilmenau , P.O. Box 100 565, 98684 Ilmenau, Germany
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- FaMAF-Universidad Nacional de Córdoba and IFEG-CONICET , 5016 Córdoba, Argentina
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- FaMAF-Universidad Nacional de Córdoba and IFEG-CONICET , 5016 Córdoba, Argentina
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Effect of gel matrix confinement on the solvent dynamics in supramolecular gels. J Colloid Interface Sci 2016; 472:60-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2016.03.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2016] [Revised: 03/13/2016] [Accepted: 03/16/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Wallace M, Iggo JA, Adams DJ. Using solution state NMR spectroscopy to probe NMR invisible gelators. SOFT MATTER 2015; 11:7739-47. [PMID: 26313637 DOI: 10.1039/c5sm01760b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Supramolecular hydrogels are formed via the self-assembly of gelator molecules upon application of a suitable trigger. The exact nature of this self-assembly process has been widely investigated as a practical understanding is vital for the informed design of these materials. Solution-state NMR spectroscopy is an excellent non-invasive tool to follow the self-assembly of supramolecular hydrogels. However, in most cases the self-assembled aggregates are silent by conventional (1)H NMR spectroscopy due to the low mobility of the constituent molecules, limiting NMR spectroscopy to following only the initial assembly step(s). Here, we present a new solution-state NMR spectroscopic method which allows the entire self-assembly process of a dipeptide gelator to be followed. This gelator forms transparent hydrogels by a multi-stage assembly process when the pH of an initially alkaline solution is lowered via the hydrolysis of glucono-δ-lactone (GdL). Changes in the charge, hydrophobicity and relative arrangement of the supramolecular aggregates can be followed throughout the assembly process by measuring the residual quadrupolar couplings (RQCs) of various molecular probes (here, (14)NH4(+) and isopropanol-d8), along with the NMR relaxation rates of (23)Na(+). The initially-formed aggregates comprise negatively charged fibrils which gradually lose their charge and become increasingly hydrophobic as the pH falls, eventually resulting in a macroscopic contraction of the hydrogel. We also demonstrate that the in situ measurement of pH by NMR spectroscopy is both convenient and accurate, representing a useful tool for the characterisation of self-assembly processes by NMR.
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- Matthew Wallace
- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, UK.
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Rachocki A, Andrzejewska E, Dembna A, Tritt-Goc J. Translational dynamics of ionic liquid imidazolium cations at solid/liquid interface in gel polymer electrolyte. Eur Polym J 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2015.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Novel approach in determination of ionic conductivity and phase transition temperatures in gel electrolytes based on Low Molecular Weight Gelators. Electrochim Acta 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.06.110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Bielejewski M, Puszkarska A, Tritt-Goc J. Thermal Properties, Conductivity, and Spin-lattice Relaxation of Gel Electrolyte Based on Low Molecular Weight Gelator and Solution of High Temperature Ionic Liquid. Electrochim Acta 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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