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L-phenyl alanine. Chem. Asian J. 9, 2475–2482 (2014)
32. Nonappa, Lahtinen M., Behera, B., Kolehmainen, E., Maitra, U.: Unraveling the packing pattern
leading to gelation using SS NMR and X-ray diffraction: direct observation of the evolution of
self-assembled fibers. Soft Matter 6, 1748–1757 (2010)
33. Takeno, H., Mochizuki, T.: A structural development of an organogel explored by synchrotron
time-resolved small-angle X-ray scattering. Colloid Polym. Sci. 291, 2783–2789 (2013)
34. Ostuni, E., Kamaras, P., Weiss, R.G.: Novel X-ray method for in situ determination of Gelator
strand structure. Cholesteryl Anthraquinone-2-carboxylate. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 35,
1324–1326 (1996)
35. Giansante, C., Raffy, G., Schafer, C., Rahma, H., Kao, M.T., Olive, A.G.L., Del Guerzo, A.:
White-light-emitting self-assembled nano fibers and their evidence by microspectroscopy of
individual objects. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133, 316–325 (2011)
36. Dou, C.D., Li, D., Gao, H.Z., Wang, C.Y., Zhang, H.Y., Wang, Y.: Sonication-induced molecular
gels based on mono-cholesterol substituted Quinacridone derivatives. Langmuir 26, 2113–2118
(2010)
37. Vujicic, N.S., Glasovac, Z., Zweep, N., van Esch, J.H., Vinkovic, M., Popovic, J., Zinic, M.:
Chiral hexa- and nonamethylene-bridged bis(L-Leu-oxalamide) Gelators: The first oxalamide
gels containing aggregates with a chiral morphology. Chem. Eur. J. 19, 8558–8572 (2013)
38. (a) Gránásy, L., Pusztai. T., Borzsonyi, T., Warren, J.A., Douglas, J.F.: A general mechanism
of polycrystalline growth. Nat. Mater. 3, 645–650 (2004). (b) Raghavan, S.R., Douglas, J.F.:
The conundrum of gel formation by molecular nanofibers, wormlike micelles, and filamentous
proteins: gelation without cross-links? Soft Matter. 8, 8539–8546 (2012)
39. Sanz, E., White, K.A., Clegg, P.S., Cates, M.E.: Colloidal gels assembled via a temporary
interfacial Scaffold. Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 255502 (2009)
40. Terech, P., Weiss, R.G.: Low-molecular mass gelators of organic liquids and the properties of
their gels. Chem. Rev. 97, 3133–3159 (1997)
41. Flory, P.: Thermodynamics of polymer solutions. Disc Faraday Soc. 49, 7–29 (1970)
42. George, M., Tan, G., John, V.T., Weiss, R.G.: Urea and Thiourea derivatives as low molecularmass organogelators. Chem. Euro J. 11, 3243–3254 (2005)
43. (a) Lan, Y., Corradini, M.G., Weiss, R.G., Raghavan, S.R., Rogers, M.A.: To gel or not to gel:
Correlating molecular gelation with solvent parameters. Chem. Soc. Revs. 44, 6035–6058. (b)
Hirst, A.R., Coates, I.A., Boucheteau, T.R., Miravet, J.F., Escuder, B., Castelletto, V., Hamley,
I.W., Smith, D.K.: Low-molecular-weight gelators: elucidating the principles of gelation based
on gelator solubility and a cooperative self-assembly model. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 9113–
9121 (2008). (c) Edwards, W., Lagadec, C.A., Smith, D.K.: Solvent-gelator interactions-using
empirical solvent parameters to better understand the self-assembly of gel-phase materials.
Soft Matter. 7, 110–117 (2011). (d) Chen, J., Kampf, J.W., McNeil, A.J.: Comparing molecular
gelators and nongelators based on solubilities and solid-state interactions. Langmuir 26, 13076–
13080 (2010) (e) Muro-Small, M.L., Chen, J., McNeil, A.J.: Dissolution parameters reveal
role of structure and solvent in molecular gelation. Langmuir 27, 13248–13253 (2011). (f)
Jonkheijm, P., van der Schoot, P., Schenning, A.P.H.J., Meijer, E.W.: Probing the solventassisted nucleation pathway in chemical self-assembly. Science 313, 80–83 (2006). (g) De
Greef, T.F.A., Smulders, M.M.J., Wolffs, M., Schenning, A.P.H.J., Sijbesma, R.P., Meijer,
E.W.: Supramolecular polymerization. Chem. Rev. 109, 5687–5754 (2009). (h) Aggeli, A.,
Nyrkova, I.A., Bell, M., Harding, R., Carrick, L., McLeish, T.C.B., Semenov, A.N., Boden, N.:
Hierarchical self-assembly of chiral rod-like molecules as a model for peptide beta-sheet tapes,
ribbons, fibrils, and fibers. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 98, 11857–11862 (2001). (i) Van derHart,
D.L., Douglas, J.F., Hudson, S.D., Antonucci, J.M., Wilder, E.A.: NMR characterization of the
formation kinetics and structure of di-o-benzylidene sorbitol gels self-assembled in organic
solvents. Langmuir 27, 1745–1757 (2011). (j) De Yoreo, J.J., Vekilov, P.G.: Principles of crystal
nucleation and growth. In: Dove, P.M., De Yoreo, J.J., Weiner, S. (eds.) Biomineralization
R. G. Weiss
31. Das, U.K., Banerjee, S., Dastidar, P.: Remarkable shape-sustaining, load-bearing, and selfhealing properties displayed by a supramolecular gel derived from a bis-pyridyl-bis-amide of
L-phenyl alanine. Chem. Asian J. 9, 2475–2482 (2014)
32. Nonappa, Lahtinen M., Behera, B., Kolehmainen, E., Maitra, U.: Unraveling the packing pattern
leading to gelation using SS NMR and X-ray diffraction: direct observation of the evolution of
self-assembled fibers. Soft Matter 6, 1748–1757 (2010)
33. Takeno, H., Mochizuki, T.: A structural development of an organogel explored by synchrotron
time-resolved small-angle X-ray scattering. Colloid Polym. Sci. 291, 2783–2789 (2013)
34. Ostuni, E., Kamaras, P., Weiss, R.G.: Novel X-ray method for in situ determination of Gelator
strand structure. Cholesteryl Anthraquinone-2-carboxylate. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 35,
1324–1326 (1996)
35. Giansante, C., Raffy, G., Schafer, C., Rahma, H., Kao, M.T., Olive, A.G.L., Del Guerzo, A.:
White-light-emitting self-assembled nano fibers and their evidence by microspectroscopy of
individual objects. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133, 316–325 (2011)
36. Dou, C.D., Li, D., Gao, H.Z., Wang, C.Y., Zhang, H.Y., Wang, Y.: Sonication-induced molecular
gels based on mono-cholesterol substituted Quinacridone derivatives. Langmuir 26, 2113–2118
(2010)
37. Vujicic, N.S., Glasovac, Z., Zweep, N., van Esch, J.H., Vinkovic, M., Popovic, J., Zinic, M.:
Chiral hexa- and nonamethylene-bridged bis(L-Leu-oxalamide) Gelators: The first oxalamide
gels containing aggregates with a chiral morphology. Chem. Eur. J. 19, 8558–8572 (2013)
38. (a) Gránásy, L., Pusztai. T., Borzsonyi, T., Warren, J.A., Douglas, J.F.: A general mechanism
of polycrystalline growth. Nat. Mater. 3, 645–650 (2004). (b) Raghavan, S.R., Douglas, J.F.:
The conundrum of gel formation by molecular nanofibers, wormlike micelles, and filamentous
proteins: gelation without cross-links? Soft Matter. 8, 8539–8546 (2012)
39. Sanz, E., White, K.A., Clegg, P.S., Cates, M.E.: Colloidal gels assembled via a temporary
interfacial Scaffold. Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 255502 (2009)
40. Terech, P., Weiss, R.G.: Low-molecular mass gelators of organic liquids and the properties of
their gels. Chem. Rev. 97, 3133–3159 (1997)
41. Flory, P.: Thermodynamics of polymer solutions. Disc Faraday Soc. 49, 7–29 (1970)
42. George, M., Tan, G., John, V.T., Weiss, R.G.: Urea and Thiourea derivatives as low molecularmass organogelators. Chem. Euro J. 11, 3243–3254 (2005)
43. (a) Lan, Y., Corradini, M.G., Weiss, R.G., Raghavan, S.R., Rogers, M.A.: To gel or not to gel:
Correlating molecular gelation with solvent parameters. Chem. Soc. Revs. 44, 6035–6058. (b)
Hirst, A.R., Coates, I.A., Boucheteau, T.R., Miravet, J.F., Escuder, B., Castelletto, V., Hamley,
I.W., Smith, D.K.: Low-molecular-weight gelators: elucidating the principles of gelation based
on gelator solubility and a cooperative self-assembly model. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 9113–
9121 (2008). (c) Edwards, W., Lagadec, C.A., Smith, D.K.: Solvent-gelator interactions-using
empirical solvent parameters to better understand the self-assembly of gel-phase materials.
Soft Matter. 7, 110–117 (2011). (d) Chen, J., Kampf, J.W., McNeil, A.J.: Comparing molecular
gelators and nongelators based on solubilities and solid-state interactions. Langmuir 26, 13076–
13080 (2010) (e) Muro-Small, M.L., Chen, J., McNeil, A.J.: Dissolution parameters reveal
role of structure and solvent in molecular gelation. Langmuir 27, 13248–13253 (2011). (f)
Jonkheijm, P., van der Schoot, P., Schenning, A.P.H.J., Meijer, E.W.: Probing the solventassisted nucleation pathway in chemical self-assembly. Science 313, 80–83 (2006). (g) De
Greef, T.F.A., Smulders, M.M.J., Wolffs, M., Schenning, A.P.H.J., Sijbesma, R.P., Meijer,
E.W.: Supramolecular polymerization. Chem. Rev. 109, 5687–5754 (2009). (h) Aggeli, A.,
Nyrkova, I.A., Bell, M., Harding, R., Carrick, L., McLeish, T.C.B., Semenov, A.N., Boden, N.:
Hierarchical self-assembly of chiral rod-like molecules as a model for peptide beta-sheet tapes,
ribbons, fibrils, and fibers. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 98, 11857–11862 (2001). (i) Van derHart,
D.L., Douglas, J.F., Hudson, S.D., Antonucci, J.M., Wilder, E.A.: NMR characterization of the
formation kinetics and structure of di-o-benzylidene sorbitol gels self-assembled in organic
solvents. Langmuir 27, 1745–1757 (2011). (j) De Yoreo, J.J., Vekilov, P.G.: Principles of crystal
nucleation and growth. In: Dove, P.M., De Yoreo, J.J., Weiner, S. (eds.) Biomineralization