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The effect of hydrophobic additives on low molecular weight gels
Abstract: Low molecular weight gels are the result of the self-assembly of small molecules into fibres. These entangle to entrap the solvent. When the solvent is water, these are called hydrogels. Low molecular weight hydrogels are potentially really useful. To understand these materials, it is common to add a dye or other hydrophobic additive to allow imaging or to follow gelation by fluorescence. It is often assumed that these added dyes are innocent and have no effect on the assembly. However, this seems unlikely as the dyes must interact with the structures to act as a stain and so could easily also become involved in the self-assembly process. We will probe this here, using SANS to compare between the gels alone and the gels in the presence of the dyes.
Principal Investigator: Professor Dave Adams
Local Contact: Dr Sarah Rogers
Experimenter: Professor Emily Draper
Experimenter: Miss Lisa Thomson
Experimenter: Dr Kate McAulay
DOI: 10.5286/ISIS.E.RB1910111
ISIS Experiment Number: RB1910111
| Part DOI | Instrument | Public release date | Download Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.5286/ISIS.E.RB1910111-1 | SANS2D | 22 June 2022 | Download |
Publisher: STFC ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
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