Biotin-amino acid conjugates: an approach toward self-assembled hydrogelation.
[structure: see text] Amino acid-appended biotin hydrogelators are a new class of low-molecular-weight gelators that display remarkable gelation properties in aqueous media, including buffer solutions with variable pH.
Bhuniya
Sankarprasad
S
Department of Chemistry, Division of Molecular and Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 790-784, Korea.
Park
Sun Min
SM
Kim
Byeang Hyean
BH
D000596:Amino Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D001710:Biotin / Q000737:chemistry*; D004337:Drug Carriers / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000627:therapeutic use; D020100:Hydrogels / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D015394:Molecular Structure; D008970:Molecular Weight; D015215:Zidovudine / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000596:Amino Acids; D004337:Drug Carriers; D020100:Hydrogels; D015215:Zidovudine; D001710:Biotin