Volume 219, Issue 2 1700398
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Photoresponsive Coumarin-Based Supramolecular Hydrogel for Controllable Dye Release

Wei Ji

Wei Ji

School of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Lab of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240 China

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Minggao Qin

Minggao Qin

School of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Lab of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240 China

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Chuanliang Feng

Corresponding Author

Chuanliang Feng

School of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Lab of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240 China

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First published: 11 December 2017
Citations: 25

Abstract

Recently, photoresponsive hydrogels have attracted increasing interest due to their ability to provide precise spatial and temporal control of drug release. Herein, a new kind of coumarin-based photoresponsive supramolecular hydrogelator without conventional gelation motif is designed and synthesized through a facile one-pot method. The gelation process, photoresponsiveness, self-assembly morphology, self-assembly mechanism, and release kinetics are fully investigated by various characterization methods (e.g., scanning electron microscopy, single crystal X-ray diffraction, high pressure liquid chromatography, UV–vis spectroscopy). Furthermore, encapsulated methyl violet dye molecules can be precisely released from the hydrogel by manipulating photoirradiation time. The study reveals that the coumarin-based photoresponsive hydrogel holds great potential as soft materials for controllable drug release.

Conflict of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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