Communication

Chem. Commun., 2008, 1545 - 1547, DOI: 10.1039/b719004b

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Photo-responsive gel droplet as a nano- or pico-litre container comprising a supramolecular hydrogel

Shinji Matsumoto, Satoshi Yamaguchi, Atsuhiko Wada, Toshihiro Matsui, Masato Ikeda and Itaru Hamachi

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Photo-responsive gel droplets having nano- or pico-L volume that showed photo-induced gel–sol transition were successfully developed, for which the inter-droplet mass transport and the subsequent enzymatic reactions in the interior of the gel droplets were photo-triggered.

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