Tuning conductivity while maintaining mechanical properties in perylene bisimide hydrogels at physiological pH.

Juan Antonio Mena JimenezJacquelyn Egan Rebecca I RandleAmina Omelbanine RezigBenjamin O Orimolade Rebecca E Ginesi Ralf Schweins Mathis O Riehle Emily R Draper

Published in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2024)

By using different salts as a method to achieve gelation of two different amino-acid-functionalised perylene bisimides, we were able to tune reduction potentials while maintaining the mechanical and optical properties of the system all at pH 7.4.

Keyphrases

amino acid
drug delivery
ionic liquid
extracellular matrix
drug release