Hydrophobicity of surface-immobilised molecules influences architectures formed via interfacial self-assembly of nucleoside-based gelators

Angelerou, Maria Galini Faidra; Yang, Bin; Arnold, Thomas; Rawle, Jonathan; Marlow, Maria; Zelzer, Mischa

Abstract

Surface-mediated self-assembly has potential in biomaterial development but underlying rules governing surface-gelator interactions are poorly understood. Here, we correlate surface properties with structural characterization data of nucleoside-based gels obtained by GISAXS and GIWAXS and find that hydrophobicity descriptors (logP, polar surface area, aromaticity) are key predictors for the gel structures formed.

Citation

Angelerou, M. G. F., Yang, B., Arnold, T., Rawle, J., Marlow, M., & Zelzer, M. (2018). Hydrophobicity of surface-immobilised molecules influences architectures formed via interfacial self-assembly of nucleoside-based gelators. Soft Matter, 14(48), 9851-9855. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8sm01868e

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Oct 7, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Dec 3, 2018
• Publication Date: Dec 3, 2018
• Deposit Date: Oct 10, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 21, 2019
• Journal: Soft Matter
• Print ISSN: 1744-683X
• Electronic ISSN: 1744-6848
• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 14
• Issue: 48
• Pages: 9851-9855
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/c8sm01868e
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1158413
• Publisher URL: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2018/SM/C8SM01868E#!divAbstract
• Additional Information: : This document is Similarity Check deposited; : Supplementary Information; : Maria Galini Faidra Angelerou (ORCID); : Thomas Arnold (ORCID); : Single-blind; : Received 12 September 2018; Accepted 7 October 2018; Advance Article published 3 December 2018; Version of Record published 12 December 2018