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CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
Volume 20, Issue 19, Pages 5762-5767Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201400346
Keywords
hydrogels; nanostructures; polymorphism; self-assembly; supramolecular
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- Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness of Spain [CTQ2012-37735]
- Universitat Jaume I [P1.1B2012-25, P1.1B2013-57]
- Procter Gamble
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Nanostructured xerogels have been prepared by the freeze-drying of hydrogels and aggregates formed by bolaamphiphilic L-valine derivatives after aging under different environmental conditions. A wide variety of shapes and sizes has been achieved by a simple methodology. These nanostructures have been studied by SEM and WAXD and a dramatic influence of structural flexibility on the kinetics of aggregation has been observed. Such flexibility and a modulation of the hydrophobic effect have shown a profound influence in the packing of these compounds and revealed a high degree of polymorphism.
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