Investigation of the micellar aggregates in low molecular weight gelators

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We have been investigating dipeptide-based low molecular weight gelators. Here, on lowering the pH from 12 to 4, a self-supporting gel is formed. Gels are formed by the sel-assembly of the gelators into one dimensional fibres. We have shown that mixtures of two gelators can form self-sorted fibres (where the two components do not mix) or mixed fibres. At high pH pre-gelation, the gelators form micellar aggregates. It is not clear whether mixtures form a single mixed micellar structure, or self-sorted micelles. Our hypothesis is that the micellar structure determines the fibre phase. Here, we will test this hypothesis. The results will allow us to more rationally design multi-component structures, which will enable architectures suitable for a range of exciting applications.

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.61780132
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/61780132
Provenance
Creator Dr Laura Mears; Miss Emily Draper; Dr Ana M. Castilla-Manjon; Professor Dave Adams; Dr Beatrice Cattoz; Professor Peter Griffiths; Dr Steve King; Dr Emily Draper
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2018
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Photon- and Neutron Geosciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2015-06-24T08:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2015-06-27T08:00:00Z