A natural food-grade supramolecular self-assembly system for creation of hierarchically structured hydrogels

Xinke Yu; Jiyang Cai; Mengyue Xu; Qing Li; Yunyi Yang; Zhili Wan; Xiaoquan Yang

doi:10.1039/d4nr01410c

A natural food-grade supramolecular self-assembly system for creation of hierarchically structured hydrogels

Xinke Yu, Jiyang Cai, Mengyue Xu, Qing Li, Yunyi Yang, Zhili Wan^*, Xiaoquan Yang

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Abstract

We develop a novel hierarchically structured hydrogel by the supramolecular self-assembly of all-natural food-grade building blocks, glycyrrhizic acid (GA) and carrageenan (CG). The co-assembled GA-CG hydrogel system displays an unusual structural transition with the appearance from opacity to translucence and then to opacity, as a function of the concentration of metal ions. The unique GA-CG supramolecular hydrogel system can serve as solid, edible, and responsive active cargo delivery platforms for food and biomedical applications.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	14261-14268
Journal	Nanoscale
Volume	16
Issue number	30
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/d4nr01410c
Publication status	Published - 14 Aug 2024

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