Amphiphilic molecules, of which soap is a typical example, possess antagonistic hydrophilic
and hydrophobic moieties in the same molecule. Carbohydrate amphiphiles, commonly …

The controlled fabrication of nanometer-scale objects is without doubt one of the central
issues in current science and technology. However, existing fabrication techniques suffer …

In the miniaturization of manufactured goods, the practical limits of what can be achieved
when engineering from the “top down” are being approached.(1-9) Despite the continuing …

Gel-phase materials are generated when molecular building blocks assemble into
nanoscale architectures, usually 'one-dimensional'fibrils, which hierarchically assemble into …

The study of different chiral inorganic nanomaterials has been experiencing rapid growth
during the past decade, with its primary focus on metals and semiconductors. Ceramic …

A crown ether appended super gelator is designed and synthesized. It can gel a variety of
organic solvents and shows excellent gelation properties with both low critical gelation …

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 …

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 …

This review describes the state-of-the-art scientific developments of bolaamphiphilic
molecules composed of two hydrophilic headgroups connected by a hydrophobic chain in …

This critical review focuses on the preparation methods of a variety of the silica nanotubes
by self-assembled organogels and the recent development of silica-based organic …