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Auto-healing Co(II)-based metallosupramolecular hydrogel of 3-amino-1-propanol as Low Molecular Weight Gelator: Investigations of morphological features, rheological dynamics, and stimuli-responsiveness

Year: 2026

Type: preprint

Abstract: In the present work, a stable, green-coloured metallohydrogel was fabricated under ambient conditions through the spontaneous self-assembly of cobalt(II) nitrate hexahydrate, Co(NO3)2·6H2O, as the metal source with 3-amino-1-propanol acting as a low-molecular-weight gelator (LMWG) in aqueous medium. The synthesized metallogel was characterized using rheological analysis i.e.; strain sweep, frequency sweep and thixotropy. Surface morphology and network texture were probed by FESEM, elemental composition was verified by EDX analysis, and the gel's stimuli-responsive were subsequently evaluated.

Source: ChemRxiv

DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv.15009139/v1

Authors: Tripti Dolai, Prity Chatterjee, Mallika Sharma, Suresh Kumar Yatirajula, Amiya Dey

Institutions: Visva-Bharati University, Netaji Subhas University of Technology, Netaji Subhas University, Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad

Language: English

Topic: Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials

Subfield: Biomaterials

Field: Materials Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7213892377

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