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Effect of Tricarboxylic Acids on the Formation of Hydrogels with Melem or Melamine: Morphological, Structural and Rheological Investigations

Pradip Kumar Sukul Puspendu Das Gopal Lal Dhakar Lalmohan Das Sudip Malik

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Herein, aggregation behaviors of melem or melamine in the presence of three symmetric carboxylic acids (1,3,5-tris(4-carboxyphenyl)benzene (TPCA), 1,3,5-benzene-tri-carboxylic acid (BTA) and 1,3,5-cyclohexane-tri-carboxylic acid (CHTA)) have been performed to check the influence of acid on the formation of aggregated structures which have been investigated by optical microscopy, FESEM, FTIR, XRD and viscoelastic properties have been explored with rheological studies. Interestingly, melem, that has limited solubility in aqueous medium, forms aggregation that leads to the formation of hydrogels with TPCA. More significantly, hydrogel is formed here by matching the size selectivity. Melem forms hydrogel with only large tricarboxylic acid, whereas melamine produces hydrogel with any kind of its counterpart from small to large tricarboxylic acid derivatives. Present investigations and results provide the strategy of design of organic self-assembled materials having two component systems.

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Science Chemistry Inorganic chemistry General. Including alchemy

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Pradip Kumar Sukul

Puspendu Das

Gopal Lal Dhakar

Lalmohan Das

Sudip Malik

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Sukul, P.K., Das, P., Dhakar, G.L., Das, L., Malik, S. (2022). Effect of Tricarboxylic Acids on the Formation of Hydrogels with Melem or Melamine: Morphological, Structural and Rheological Investigations. https://doi.org/10.3390/gels8010051

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Tahun Terbit: 2022
Sumber Database: DOAJ
DOI: 10.3390/gels8010051
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