title: Bio-inspired phosphole-lipids: from highly fluorescent organogels to mechanically responsive FRET.
abstract: Sensitive gels: the amphiphilic features of phosphole-lipids lead to intriguing self-assembly properties and the formation of highly fluorescent organogels. Moreover, the dynamic structural features of the system make it possible to amplify the mechanochromic emission shifts (100 nm) in a donor-acceptor system through thermally and mechanically responsive fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET).
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, AB, Canada.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Wang Hay
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Kan
authors.forename: Venkataraman
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Thangadurai
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Baumgartner
mesh_terms: D031541:Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer; D005782:Gels / Q000737:chemistry*; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D008055:Lipids / Q000737:chemistry*; D012235:Rhodamines / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D005782:Gels; D008055:Lipids; D012235:Rhodamines