A stimuli-responsive L-DOPA-based supramolecular gel for the detection of fluoride ion
| dc.contributor.author | Mandal, Subhra Kanti | |
| dc.contributor.author | Seth, Piya | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kar, Tanmoy | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-12-30T03:58:30Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-12-30T03:58:30Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
| dc.description | We report the rational design and synthesis of a new L-DOPA-based low molecular weight gelator where the two phenolic OH groups are protected by tertiary-butyldimethylsilyl (TBDMS) moieties. The gelator showed excellent solvent immobilizing properties in different polar aprotic solvents with minimum gelation concentrations (MGCs) of 0.3–0.5% (w/v). Various microscopic and spectroscopic techniques such as FESEM, HRTEM, FTIR, XRD, CD and rheology were used to characterize the thermo- reversible supramolecular gels. Interestingly, the protection and deprotection of the TBDMS group was successfully utilized for the detection of fluoride ions visually simply by observing the gel to sol transi-tion. Additionally, F ions could be quantitatively estimated by correlating the gel-degradation times with the fluoride ion concentrations. This is the first ever report where a key biological precursor L-DOPA and TBDMS moieties have been incorporated into the gelator structure for the detection and estimation of F- ions using a visual gel-to-sol phase transition method. | |
| dc.identifier.other | https://doi.org/ 10.1039/d3nj05169b | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://snggdcg.ndl.gov.in/handle/123456789/1437 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Royal society of chemistry | |
| dc.title | A stimuli-responsive L-DOPA-based supramolecular gel for the detection of fluoride ion | |
| dc.type | Article |