In 2022,Wang, Yu-Cheng; Kegel, Laurel L.; Knoff, David S.; Deodhar, Bhushan S.; Astashkin, Andrei V.; Kim, Minkyu; Pemberton, Jeanne E. published an article in Journal of Materials Chemistry B: Materials for Biology and Medicine. The title of the article was 《Layered supramolecular hydrogels from thioglycosides》.Reference of Indium(III) bromide The author mentioned the following in the article:
Low mol. weight hydrogels are made of small mols. that aggregate via noncovalent interactions. Here, comprehensive characterization of the phys. and chem. properties of hydrogels made from thioglycolipids of the disaccharides lactose and cellobiose with simple alkyl chains is reported. While thiolactoside hydrogels are robust, thiocellobioside gels are metastable, precipitating over time into fibrous crystals that can be entangled to create pseudo-hydrogels. Rheol. confirms the viscoelastic solid nature of these hydrogels with storage moduli ranging from 10-600 kPa. Addnl., thiolactoside hydrogels are thixotropic which is a desirable property for many potential applications. Freeze-fracture electron microscopy of xerogels shows layers of stacked sheets that are entangled into networks. These structures are unique compared to the fibers or ribbons typically reported for hydrogels. Differential scanning calorimetry provides gel-to-liquid phase transition temperatures ranging from 30 to 80°C. Prodan fluorescence spectroscopy allows assignment of phase transitions in the gels and other lyotropic phases of high concentration samples. Phase diagrams are estimated for all hydrogels at 1-10 wt% from 5 to ≥ 80°C. These hydrogels represent a series of interesting materials with unique properties that make them attractive for numerous potential applications. In the experiment, the researchers used many compounds, for example, Indium(III) bromide(cas: 13465-09-3Reference of Indium(III) bromide)
Indium(III) bromide(cas: 13465-09-3) is used as a catalyst to produce dithioacetals when unactivated alkynes react with thiols and fields such as optics and microelectronics that utilize semiconductor technology have wide uses for indium in high-performing solar cells.Reference of Indium(III) bromide
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