Versatile supramolecular pH-tolerant hydrogels which demonstrate pH-dependent selective adsorption of dyes from aqueous solution

B.O. Okesola, D.K. Smith

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Abstract

We report a novel gelator functionalised with hydrazides (as replacements for carboxylic acids) which, as a result, is able to assemble into hydrogels across a wide pH range-this gelator exhibits pH-switchable dye adsorption-desorption dependent on protonation of the target dyes and their resulting interactions with the self-assembled gel nanofibres.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)11164-11166
Number of pages3
JournalChemical Communications
Volume49
Issue number95
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 11 Dec 2013

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