DISPERSION LIQUID AND HYDROGEL FORMATION METHOD

摘要

There is provided a dispersion containing a lipid peptide type compound useful as a low molecular weight gelator, such as a lipid dipeptide and a lipid tripeptide, and a solvent capable of dissolving the lipid peptide type compound at a lower temperature more easily. There is provided also a dispersion from which a hydrogel can be formed by a simpler method and under a milder condition (low temperature) and from which a gel can be obtained as a gel having high thermal stability, and provide a method for forming the gel. A dispersion comprising a lipid peptide type compound in which a peptide portion having an amino acid repeating bonding structure is bonded to a lipid portion consisting of a C 9-23 aliphatic group; and at least one alcohol selected from the group consisting of 1,2-alkanediol, 1,3-alkanediol, and ethylene glycol monoalkyl ether or a mixed solution of the at least one alcohol and water; and a method for producing a hydrogel by use of the dispersion.