Electrochemical probing of hydrogelation induced by the self-assembly of a donor-acceptor complex comprising pyranine and viologen.
A long-tailed methyl viologen (DMV) forms a co-assembly (1 : 1) with pyranine to result in pronounced hydrogelation. The systematic evolution of the hydrogel promoted by the donor-acceptor interactions could be probed electrochemically in a non-invasive manner.
Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. sb@orgchem.iisc.ernet.in and Director's Research Unit (DRU), Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700 032, India.
Sougata
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Datta
Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. sb@orgchem.iisc.ernet.in.
Nilanjan
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Dey
Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. sb@orgchem.iisc.ernet.in and Director's Research Unit (DRU), Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700 032, India.
Santanu
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2237-0857
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Bhattacharya