Issue 23, 2009
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Chemical Communications

Spiropyran-linked dipeptide forms supramolecular hydrogel with dual responses to light and to ligand–receptor interaction†

Zhenjun Qiu,a   Haitao Yu,a   Jinbo Li,a   Yu Wanga  and  Yan Zhang*a  

* Corresponding authors

a School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Lab of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Ministry of Education of China, Nanjing University, Nanjing, P. R. China
E-mail: njuzy@nju.edu.cn

Abstract

Integration of photo-sensitive spiropyran with dipeptide D-Ala–D-Ala in one small molecule resulted in a hydrogelator which can form supramolecular hydrogel with responses not only to light but to ligand–receptor interaction.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B822840J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
18 Dec 2008
Accepted
06 Mar 2009
First published
30 Mar 2009

Chem. Commun., 2009, 3342-3344

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Spiropyran-linked dipeptide forms supramolecular hydrogel with dual responses to light and to ligand–receptor interaction

Z. Qiu, H. Yu, J. Li, Y. Wang and Y. Zhang, Chem. Commun., 2009, 3342 DOI: 10.1039/B822840J

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