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Soft Matter. 2016 Sep 20;12(37):7848-7854. doi: 10.1039/c6sm01194b.

On the syneresis of an OPV functionalised dipeptide hydrogel.

Soft matter

Ana M Castilla, Matthew Wallace, Laura L E Mears, Emily R Draper, James Doutch, Sarah Rogers, Dave J Adams

Affiliations

  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, UK. [email protected].
  2. ISIS Pulsed Neutron Source, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, UK.

PMID: 27714311 DOI: 10.1039/c6sm01194b

Abstract

We describe a new dipeptide hydrogel based on an oligophenylene vinylene core. After gelation, the initial network evolves, expelling solvent and resulting in syneresis. We describe this process and the effects in the bulk properties of the material.

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