Self-assembly of dipeptides at interfaces
Self-assembly of dipeptides at interfaces
- Event time: 1:00pm
- Event date: 22nd September 2014
- Speaker: Tao Li (Formerly School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Edinburgh)
- Location: Room 2511, James Clerk Maxwell Building (JCMB) James Clerk Maxwell Building Peter Guthrie Tait Road Edinburgh EH9 3FD GB
Event details
Hydrogels have attracted broad interest in view of their numerous different applications. Compared to 3D hydrogels, thin hydrogel films have higher thermal stability and mechanical durability, which introduces a number of new applications, for example, in the field of coating chemistry and for specific cell attachment. At the outset of this talk, I will present an elastic gel film formed by self-assembly of hydrophobic dipeptides, which is induced at an air-water interface via drop-casting. This kind of gel film is an excellent candidate for foam and emulsion stabilization. A wet foam system with long-term stability is then created, which will be the focus of the second part of this talk.
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