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. 2020 Nov 18;56(89):13792-13795.
doi: 10.1039/d0cc05292b. Epub 2020 Oct 20.

Photo-dissociation of self-assembled (anthracene-2-carbonyl)amino acid hydrogels

Phillip R A Chivers  1 , Rebecca S Dookie, Julie E Gough, Simon J Webb
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Photo-dissociation of self-assembled (anthracene-2-carbonyl)amino acid hydrogels

Phillip R A Chivers et al. Chem Commun (Camb). .

Abstract

Amino acids modified with an N-terminal anthracene group self-assemble into supramolecular hydrogels upon the addition of a range of salts or cell culture medium. Gel-phase photo-dimerisation of gelators results in hydrogel disassembly and was used to recover cells from 3D culture.

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