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ArticleACS applied materials & interfaces2025

Supramolecular Benzophenone-Based Photoinitiator for Spatially-Resolved Polymerization.

Alex S Loch, Ibram Mikhail, Simona Bianco, Dipankar Ghosh, Ravi R Sonani, Victor Chechik, Massimo Vassalli, Edward H Egelman, Andrew J Smith, Dave J Adams

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Article in ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Alex S LochSchool of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, U.K.ORCID 0000-0001-7475-2529
Ibram MikhailSchool of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, U.K.
Simona BiancoSchool of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, U.K.
Dipankar GhoshSchool of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-1165-2819
Ravi R SonaniDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-6212-2869
Victor ChechikDepartment of Chemistry, University of York, York YO10 5DD, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-5829-0122
Massimo VassalliCentre for the Cellular Microenvironment, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8LT, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-3063-4376
Edward H EgelmanDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-4844-5212
Andrew J SmithDiamond House, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Diamond Light Source Ltd., Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, U.K.ORCID 0000-0003-3745-7082
Dave J AdamsSchool of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-3176-1350

Funding

Cryo-EM of Helical Protein and Nucleoprotein Polymers at Near Atomic ResolutionR35GM122510 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI EDWARD H. EGELMAN · 2017 to 2026
$7.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM122510
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Benzophenone-based materials remain widely used as photoinitiators for ultraviolet light-induced free radical polymerizations. Traditionally, polymerization is spatially controlled using top-down techniques such as photomasks, which produce well-defined polymeric films. In contrast, we present an alternative method for controlling polymerization by employing supramolecular materials to localize the photoinitiator. This approach uses benzophenone-functionalized dipeptides that are specifically tuned to enable supramolecular gel noodle formation, which act as structural templates. We show that polymerization of acrylate monomers around the gel noodles can increase the Young's modulus by up to 2 orders of magnitude and produce mechanically robust structures that can be handled. The self-assembly of the supramolecular photoinitiators is also explored using viscosity and SAXS measurements, providing an understanding of why only

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benzophenonematerials chemistrymicellephotoinitiatorphotopolymerizationsoft materialssupramolecular gel noodles

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PMID40353572
PMCPMC12100643

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