A carnosine based amphiphilic hydrogelator has been developed which efficiently gelates water and exhibits salt, pH and thermoresponsive gelation properties.

In this work, we report for the first time the synthesis and characterization of two unusual carboxylate surfactants with a poly(ethylene glycol) monomethyl ether, mPEG, tail of different chain lengths. The molecules were observed to be surface-active, and were found to self-assemble in water above a relatively low critical aggregation concentration to form disk-like micelles.