A novel low-molecular-mass gelator with a redox active ferrocenyl group: Tuning gel formation by oxidation

作者：Liu Jing; Yan Junlin; Yuan Xuanwei; Liu Kaiqiang; Peng Junxia; Fang Yu^*

来源：Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2008, 318(2): 397-404.

DOI：10.1016/j.jcis.2007.10.005

• gelator
• ferrocene
• stimuli-responsive gels
• cholesterol

A novel low-molecular-mass gelator containing a redox-active ferrocenyl group, cholesteryl glycinate ferrocenoylamide (CGF), was intentionally designed and prepared. It was demonstrated that the gelator gels 13 out of the 45 solvents tested. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) measurements revealed that the gelator self-assembled into different supramolecular network structures in different gels. Chemical oxidation of the ferrocenyl residue resulted in phase transition of the gel from gel state to solution state. FTIR and H-1 NMR spectroscopy studies revealed that hydrogen bonding between the gelator molecules in the gel was one of the main driving forces for the formation of the gels.

• 出版日期2008-2-15
• 单位陕西师范大学