title: Rational design of coumarin-based supramolecular hydrogelators for cell imaging.
abstract: A new family of coumarin-based supramolecular hydrogelators without conventional gelating motifs have been designed and synthesized in a one-step reaction. Fluorescent nanofibers self-assembled from these hydrogelators could be used as potential scaffolds for better visualization of the interaction between substrates and cells.
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Lab of Metal Matrix Composites, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Guofeng
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Mingxin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Xiaoqiu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Dou
authors.forename: Chuanliang
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Feng
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003374:Coumarins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000138:chemical synthesis; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000032:analysis* / Q000138:chemical synthesis; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D020100:Hydrogels / Q000032:analysis* / Q000138:chemical synthesis; D051379:Mice; D008958:Models, Molecular; D041681:NIH 3T3 Cells; D057139:Nanofibers / Q000032:analysis*; D061848:Optical Imaging
chemical_list: D003374:Coumarins; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D020100:Hydrogels; C030123:coumarin