Structural diversification of bola-amphiphilic glycolipid-type supramolecular hydrogelators exhibiting colour changes along with the gel-sol transition.

Oosumi, Ryoya; Ikeda, Masato; Ito, Akitaka; Izumi, Masayuki; Ochi, Rika · Soft Matter · 2020

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

We diversified the structures of bola-amphiphilic glycolipid-type supramolecular hydrogelators that exhibited reversible thermochromism along with a gel-sol transition. The hydrogelators were designed and synthesized to have homo- or hetero-saccharides on each end of their molecules. Herein, the effects of the saccharides' structure on the gelation ability are discussed.