화학공학소재연구정보센터
Chemistry Letters, Vol.38, No.6, 606-607, 2009
Gel-Flocculation Transition of a Supramolecular Hydrogel Induced by Depletion Effect of Polymers
Upon addition of hydroxyethyl cellulose, a supramolecular hydrogel from a bolaamphiphilic molecule showed significant flocculation. Microscopic and spectroscopic observations revealed that the phenomenon was ascribable to polymer-induced depletion flocculation of the self-assembled fibril networks into the tape bundles.