Ionic Surfactants Induce Amphiphilic Tris(Urea) Hydrogel Formation

Written by Yuki Jinno, Masamichi Yamanaka on May 16, 2012 – 7:50 pm -

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All bundled up: A tris(urea)benzene hydrogelator first self-assembles into fibrous aggregates, which come together to form bundles (see scheme). The bundling process can be controlled by the concentration of ionic surfactant additive. The right concentration leads to supramolecular hydrogel formation.


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