Functional π-gelators and their applications

SS Babu, VK Praveen, A Ajayaghosh - Chemical reviews, 2014‏ - ACS Publications
Supramolecular chemistry originally defined by Lehn as “chemistry beyond molecules”
exploits noncovalent interactions between molecules to form 1D, 2D, and 3D …

Chirality effects in self-assembled fibrillar networks

A Brizard, R Oda, I Huc - Low Molecular Mass Gelator, 2005‏ - Springer
Chirality seems to be intimately associated with the growth and stability of self-assembled
fibrillar networks and with the most common macroscopic property of these networks, which …

Effects of hydrogen bonding and van der Waals interactions on organogelation using designed low-molecular-weight gelators and gel formation at room temperature

M Suzuki, Y Nakajima, M Yumoto, M Kimura, H Shirai… - Langmuir, 2003‏ - ACS Publications
We synthesized novel l-lysine-based compounds that were classified into three groups,
urea− urea types (1− 3), amide− urea types (4− 6), and amide− amide type (7), and …

Organogels as matrices for controlled drug delivery: A review on the current state

SS Sagiri, B Behera, RR Rafanan, C Bhattacharya… - Soft …, 2014‏ - Taylor & Francis
Over the last two decades, organogels have found tremendous use in the pharmaceutical,
food, and cosmetics industries with notable developments as drug delivery matrices and …

Aromatic–aromatic interactions enhance interfiber contacts for enzymatic formation of a spontaneously aligned supramolecular hydrogel

J Zhou, X Du, Y Gao, J Shi, B Xu - Journal of the American …, 2014‏ - ACS Publications
Anisotropy or alignment is a critical feature of functional soft materials in living organisms,
but it remains a challenge for spontaneously generating anisotropic gel materials. Here we …

Inorganic and hybrid nanofibrous materials templated with organogelators

M Llusar, C Sanchez - Chemistry of Materials, 2008‏ - ACS Publications
This article presents a general overview about the designed synthesis of one-dimensional (1-
D) inorganic and organic–inorganic hybrid fibrous nanostructures templated through the use …

Energy Transfer in Self-Assembled [n]-Acene Fibers Involving ≥100 Donors Per Acceptor

A Del Guerzo, AGL Olive, J Reichwagen… - Journal of the …, 2005‏ - ACS Publications
Anthracene derivatives self-assemble into fibers with a high molecular order, as is
evidenced by probing the structure with energy-trap** tetracene analogues. Efficient …

Micro‐/nanostructured multicomponent molecular materials: design, assembly, and functionality

D Yan - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Molecule‐based micro‐/nanomaterials have attracted considerable attention because their
properties can vary greatly from the corresponding macro‐sized bulk systems. Recently, the …

[PDF][PDF] A highly ordered material from magnetically aligned peptide amphiphile nanofiber assemblies

DWPM Lowik, IO Shklyarevskiy, L Ruizendaal… - 2007‏ - repository.ubn.ru.nl
Materials that are built up out of molecular building blocks via a spontaneous hierarchical
self-assembly process have in trigued scientists for many years. Nature provides, in this re …

Supramolecular structure of a sugar-appended organogelator explored with synchrotron X-ray small-angle scattering

K Sakurai, Y Jeong, K Koumoto, A Friggeri… - Langmuir, 2003‏ - ACS Publications
Small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) from an organogel system prepared from methyl 4, 6-O-
benzylidene-α-d-mannopyranoside and p-xylene was carried out with a synchrotron X-ray …