Amino acid-based amphiphilic hydrogels: metal ion induced tuning of mechanical and thermal stability

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A phenylalanine based gelator was found to form a hydrogel in phosphate buffer solution. Addition of metal ions to this hydrogel dramatically increases the thermal stability and mechanical strength.

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Basak, S., Singh, I., Banerjee, A., & Kraatz, H. B. (2017). Amino acid-based amphiphilic hydrogels: metal ion induced tuning of mechanical and thermal stability. RSC Advances, 7(24), 14461–14465. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7ra01277b

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