A pillar[5]arene based gel from a low-molecular-weight gelator for sustained dye release in water

Yong Yao; Yan Sun; Huaxu Yu; Wenrui Chen; Hong Dai; Yujun Shi

doi:10.1039/C7DT04001F

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A pillar[5]arene based gel from a low-molecular-weight gelator for sustained dye release in water†

Yong Yao,

*^ab Yan Sun,^bc Huaxu Yu,^b Wenrui Chen,^b Hong Dai^a and Yujun Shi*^a

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^a College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, P.R. China
E-mail: yaoyong@zju.edu.cn, syj@ntu.edu.cn

^b Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 84112, USA

^c College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, P. R. China

Abstract

A soft gel based on pillar[5]arene was successfully prepared using a carbazone reaction. Furthermore, dyes such as TPP or TPPE can be incorporated into this gel and were observed to be released in a sustained way in water due to solvent exchange.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C7DT04001F
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 25 Oct 2017
Accepted: 15 Nov 2017
First published: 16 Nov 2017

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Dalton Trans., 2017,46, 16802-16806

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A pillar[5]arene based gel from a low-molecular-weight gelator for sustained dye release in water

Y. Yao, Y. Sun, H. Yu, W. Chen, H. Dai and Y. Shi, Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 16802 DOI: 10.1039/C7DT04001F

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