We Can Design Molecular Gelators, But Do We Understand Them?

被引:201
作者
van Esch, Jan H. [1 ]
机构
[1] Delft Univ Technol, Delft ChemTech, NL-2628 BL Delft, Netherlands
关键词
AMINO-ACID DERIVATIVES; COMBINATORIAL LIBRARY; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; COMPONENT SELECTION; WEIGHT GELATORS; ORGANOGELS; GELATION; GEL; HYDROGELS; PACKING;
D O I
10.1021/la901720a
中图分类号
O6 [化学];
学科分类号
0703 ;
摘要
The recent application of supramolecular principles to the design of molecular gelators has led to an enormous variety of new gelators and functional gets but has contributed relatively little to the understanding of molecular gelation phenomena. How do we progress from here?
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页码:8392 / 8394
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