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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Organic Materials 2020; 02(02): 108-115
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1708832
Focus Issue: Structure to Function in Supramolecular Polymers and Materials
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Using Rheo-Small-Angle Neutron Scattering to Understand How Functionalised Dipeptides Form Gels

Kate McAulay 
a   School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
,
Lisa Thomson 
a   School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
,
Lionel Porcar
b   Large Scale Structures Group, Institut Laue-Langevin, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, CS 20156, F-38042 Grenoble, CEDEX 9, France
,
Ralf Schweins 
b   Large Scale Structures Group, Institut Laue-Langevin, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, CS 20156, F-38042 Grenoble, CEDEX 9, France
,
Najet Mahmoudi 
c   ISIS Pulsed Neutron Source, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
,
Dave J. Adams 
a   School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
,
Emily R. Draper 
a   School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
› Author Affiliations Funding Information Research Councils UK
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
EP/L021978/1
EP/S032673/1
Leverhulme Trust
ECF-2017-223
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Received: 30 January 2020

Accepted after revision: 03 March 2020

Publication Date:
17 April 2020 (online)

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Abstract

We explore the use of rheo-small-angle neutron scattering as a method to collect structural information from neutron scattering simultaneously with rheology to understand how low-molecular-weight hydrogels form and behave under shear. We examine three different gelling hydrogel systems to assess what structures are formed and how these influence the rheology. Furthermore, we probe what is happening to the network during syneresis and why the gels do not recover after an applied strain. All this information is vital when considering gels for applications such as 3D-printing and injection.

Key Words

rheo-SANS - SANS - gel - dipeptide

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