材料科学
模型脂质双层
明胶
磁场
双折射
纳米技术
自愈水凝胶
各向异性
核磁共振
膜
脂质双层
光学
化学
高分子化学
有机化学
量子力学
生物化学
脂质双层相行为
物理
作者
Stéphane Isabettini,Sandro Stucki,Sarah Massabni,Mirjam E. Baumgartner,Pernille Qwist Reckey,Joachim Kohlbrecher,Takashi Ishikawa,Erich J. Windhab,Peter Fischer,Simon Kuster
标识
DOI:10.1021/acsami.7b17134
摘要
Hydrogels delivering on-demand tailorable optical properties are formidable smart materials with promising perspectives in numerous fields, including the development of modern sensors and switches, the essential quality criterion being a defined and readily measured response to environmental changes. Lanthanide ion (Ln3+)-chelating bicelles are interesting building blocks for such materials because of their magnetic responsive nature. Imbedding these phospholipid-based nanodiscs in a magnetically aligned state in gelatin permits an orientation-dependent retardation of polarized light. The resulting tailorable anisotropy gives the gel a well-defined optical signature observed as a birefringence signal. These phenomena were only reported for a single bicelle-gelatin pair and required high magnetic field strengths of 8 T. Herein, we demonstrate the versatility and enhance the viability of this technology with a new generation of aminocholesterol (Chol-NH2)-doped bicelles imbedded in two different types of gelatin. The highly magnetically responsive nature of the bicelles allowed to gel the anisotropy at commercially viable magnetic field strengths between 1 and 3 T. Thermoreversible gels with a unique optical signature were generated by exposing the system to various temperature conditions and external magnetic field strengths. The resulting optical properties were a signature of the gel's environmental history, effectively acting as a sensor. Solutions containing the bicelles simultaneously aligning parallel and perpendicular to the magnetic field directions were obtained by mixing samples chelating Tm3+ and Dy3+. These systems were successfully gelled, providing a material with two distinct temperature-dependent optical characteristics. The high degree of tunability in the magnetic response of the bicelles enables encryption of the gel's optical properties. The proposed gels are viable candidates for temperature tracking of sensitive goods and provide numerous perspectives for future development of tomorrow's smart materials and technologies.
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