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MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING C-MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
Volume 31, Issue 5, Pages 880-884Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2011.02.007
Keywords
Hydrogel; Morphology-tuning; Self-assembly; H-bonding; Thymidine
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- National Science Foundation Committee of China [50873044]
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We report on the self-assembly of a new two-component hydrogel of thymidine (T) and melamine (M) which formed supramolecular complex (>= 0.1%, w/v) based on intermolecular hydrogen-bonding. The 3D morphologies were tuned by changing the molar ratio of T and M in aqueous medium from 3/1 to 1/3. The xerogels respectively showed rod, sheet and flower structures as observed under SEM. Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy and wide angle X-ray scattering (WAXD) patterns confirmed that thymidine and melamine form supramolecular complexes through intermolecular hydrogen-bonding. The different structures of the complexes are proposed for the different compositions of the components. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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