Issue 11, 2017

Self-assembly, self-sorting, and electronic properties of a diketopyrrolopyrrole hydrogelator

Abstract

We show here the first example of a hydrogel formed from a symmetrically functionalised diketopyrrolopyrrole aromatic core. Gelation is triggered by change in pH. Not only does this gelator form aggregated, entangled structures at low pH, but it also forms worm-like micelles at high pH. The structures at high pH can be aligned using shear to provide conductive materials.

Graphical abstract: Self-assembly, self-sorting, and electronic properties of a diketopyrrolopyrrole hydrogelator

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
19 Dec 2016
Accepted
18 Jan 2017
First published
18 Jan 2017
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2017,53, 1864-1867

Self-assembly, self-sorting, and electronic properties of a diketopyrrolopyrrole hydrogelator

E. R. Draper, B. Dietrich and D. J. Adams, Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 1864 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC10083J

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