7 A Primer on Gels (with an Emphasis on Molecular Gels)
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(Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry). Mineralogical Society of America, Washington
DC 54, 57–93 (2003)
44. (a) Lin, Yc., Weiss, R.G.: A novel gelator of organic liquids and the properties of its gels.
Macromolecules 20, 414–417 (1987). (b) Lin, Yc, Kachar, B., Weiss, R.G.: A novel family of
Gelators of organic fluids and the structure of their gels. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 111, 5542–5551
(1989)
45. Furman, I., Weiss, R.G.: Factors influencing the formation of thermally reversible gels
comprised of cholesteryl 4-(2-Anthryloxy)butanoate in hexadecane, 1-octanol, or their
mixtures. Langmuir 9, 2084–2088 (1993)
46. Terech, P., Furman, I., Weiss, R.G.: Structures of organogels based upon cholesteryl 4-(2anthryloxy)butanoate, a highly efficient luminescing gelator: Neutron and X-ray small-angle
scattering investigations. J. Phys. Chem. 99, 9558–9566 (1995)
47. Caran, K.L., Lee, D.C., Weiss, R.G.: Molecular gels and their fibrillar networks In: Liu,
X.Y., Li. J.L. (eds.) Soft Fibrillar Materials: Fabrication and Applications. Wiley-VCH Verlag,
Weinheim, chap 1 (2013)
48. Murata, K., Aoki, M., Suzuki, T., Harada, T., Kawabata, H., Komori, T., Ohseto, F., Ueda,
K., Shinkai, S.: Thermal and light control of the sol-gel phase transition in cholesterol-based
organic gels. novel helical aggregation modes as detected by circular dichroism and electron
microscopic observation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 116, 6664–6676 (1994)
49. Kumar, R., Raghavan, S.R.: Photogelling fluids based on light-activated growth of zwitterionic
wormlike micelles. Soft Matter 5, 797–803 (2009)
50. (a) Zhang, Y., Kuang, Y., Gao, Y., Xu, B.: Versatile small-molecule motifs for self-assembly
in water and the formation of biofunctional supramolecular hydrogels. Langmuir 27, 529–
537 (2011). (b) Du, X., Zhou, J., Xu, B.: Supramolecular hydrogels made of basic biological
building blocks chem Asian J. 9, 1446–1472 (2014)
51. (a) Caran, K.L., Lee, D.C., Weiss, R.G.: Molecular gels and their fibrillar networks. In: Liu,
X.Y., Li, J.L. (eds.) Soft Fibrillar Materials: Fabrication and Applications. Wiley-VCH Verlag,
Weinheim chap 1.32, p. 40ff (2013). (b) Liu, J., He, P., Yan, J., Fang, X., Peng, J., Liu, K.,
Fang, Y.: An organometallic super-gelator with multiple-stimulus responsive properties. Adv.
Mater. 20, 2509–2511 (2008). (c) Naota, T., Koori, H.: Molecules that assemble by sound: An
application to the instant gelation of stable organic fluids. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127, 9324–9325
(2005). (d) Wang, C., Zhang, D., Zhu, D.: A low-molecular-mass Gelator with an electroactive
Tetrathiafulvalene group: Tuning the gel formation by charge-transfer interaction and oxidation.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127, 16372–16373 (2005). (e) Bardeling, D.: Ultrasound Induced Gelation:
A Paradigm Shift, vol. 5, pp. 1969–1971 (2009). (f) Ogata, K., Naota, T., Takaya, H.: Metal
array fabrication based on ultrasound-induced self-assembly of metalated dipeptides. Dalton
Trans. 42, 15,953–15,966 (2013)
52. Mishra, R.K., Das, S., Vedhanarayanan, B., Das, G., Praveen, V.K., Ajayaghosh, A.: Stimuliresponsive supramolecular gels In: Weiss, R.G. (ed.) Molecular Gels. Royal Society of
Chemistry, United Kingdom, chap 7 (2018)
53. (a) Selinger, J.V., Spector, M.S., Schnur, J.M.: Theory of self-assembled tubules and helical
ribbons. J. Phys. Chem. B 105, 7157–7169 (2001). (b) ten Eikelder H.M.M., Huub, M.M.,
Markvoort, A.J., de Greef, T.F.A., Hilbers, P.A.J.: An equilibrium model for chiral amplification
in supramolecular polymers. J. Phys. Chem. B 116, 5291–5301
54. (a) Yu, R., Lin, N.B., Yu, W.D., Liu, X.Y.: Crystal networks in supramolecular gels: formation
kinetics and mesoscopic engineering principles. CRYSTENGCOMM 17, 7986–8010 (2015).
(b) Yan, N., Xu, Z.Y., Diehn, K.K., Raghavan, S.R., Fang, Y., Weiss, R.G.: Correlations of gel
properties with gelator structures and characterization of solvent effects. Langmuir 29, 793–
805 (2013). (c) Yan, N., Xu, Z., Diehn, K.K., Raghavan, S.R., Fang, Y., Weiss, R.G.: How Do
Liquid Mixtures Solubilize Insoluble Gelators? Self-Assembly Properties of Pyrenyl-LinkerGlucono Gelators in Tetrahydrofuran-Water Mixtures. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 135, 8989–8999
(2013). (d) Liu, S.J., Yu, W., Zhou, C.: Solvents effects in the formation and viscoelasticity of
DBS organogels. Soft Matter. 9, 864–874 (2013)
319
(Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry). Mineralogical Society of America, Washington
DC 54, 57–93 (2003)
44. (a) Lin, Yc., Weiss, R.G.: A novel gelator of organic liquids and the properties of its gels.
Macromolecules 20, 414–417 (1987). (b) Lin, Yc, Kachar, B., Weiss, R.G.: A novel family of
Gelators of organic fluids and the structure of their gels. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 111, 5542–5551
(1989)
45. Furman, I., Weiss, R.G.: Factors influencing the formation of thermally reversible gels
comprised of cholesteryl 4-(2-Anthryloxy)butanoate in hexadecane, 1-octanol, or their
mixtures. Langmuir 9, 2084–2088 (1993)
46. Terech, P., Furman, I., Weiss, R.G.: Structures of organogels based upon cholesteryl 4-(2anthryloxy)butanoate, a highly efficient luminescing gelator: Neutron and X-ray small-angle
scattering investigations. J. Phys. Chem. 99, 9558–9566 (1995)
47. Caran, K.L., Lee, D.C., Weiss, R.G.: Molecular gels and their fibrillar networks In: Liu,
X.Y., Li. J.L. (eds.) Soft Fibrillar Materials: Fabrication and Applications. Wiley-VCH Verlag,
Weinheim, chap 1 (2013)
48. Murata, K., Aoki, M., Suzuki, T., Harada, T., Kawabata, H., Komori, T., Ohseto, F., Ueda,
K., Shinkai, S.: Thermal and light control of the sol-gel phase transition in cholesterol-based
organic gels. novel helical aggregation modes as detected by circular dichroism and electron
microscopic observation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 116, 6664–6676 (1994)
49. Kumar, R., Raghavan, S.R.: Photogelling fluids based on light-activated growth of zwitterionic
wormlike micelles. Soft Matter 5, 797–803 (2009)
50. (a) Zhang, Y., Kuang, Y., Gao, Y., Xu, B.: Versatile small-molecule motifs for self-assembly
in water and the formation of biofunctional supramolecular hydrogels. Langmuir 27, 529–
537 (2011). (b) Du, X., Zhou, J., Xu, B.: Supramolecular hydrogels made of basic biological
building blocks chem Asian J. 9, 1446–1472 (2014)
51. (a) Caran, K.L., Lee, D.C., Weiss, R.G.: Molecular gels and their fibrillar networks. In: Liu,
X.Y., Li, J.L. (eds.) Soft Fibrillar Materials: Fabrication and Applications. Wiley-VCH Verlag,
Weinheim chap 1.32, p. 40ff (2013). (b) Liu, J., He, P., Yan, J., Fang, X., Peng, J., Liu, K.,
Fang, Y.: An organometallic super-gelator with multiple-stimulus responsive properties. Adv.
Mater. 20, 2509–2511 (2008). (c) Naota, T., Koori, H.: Molecules that assemble by sound: An
application to the instant gelation of stable organic fluids. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127, 9324–9325
(2005). (d) Wang, C., Zhang, D., Zhu, D.: A low-molecular-mass Gelator with an electroactive
Tetrathiafulvalene group: Tuning the gel formation by charge-transfer interaction and oxidation.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127, 16372–16373 (2005). (e) Bardeling, D.: Ultrasound Induced Gelation:
A Paradigm Shift, vol. 5, pp. 1969–1971 (2009). (f) Ogata, K., Naota, T., Takaya, H.: Metal
array fabrication based on ultrasound-induced self-assembly of metalated dipeptides. Dalton
Trans. 42, 15,953–15,966 (2013)
52. Mishra, R.K., Das, S., Vedhanarayanan, B., Das, G., Praveen, V.K., Ajayaghosh, A.: Stimuliresponsive supramolecular gels In: Weiss, R.G. (ed.) Molecular Gels. Royal Society of
Chemistry, United Kingdom, chap 7 (2018)
53. (a) Selinger, J.V., Spector, M.S., Schnur, J.M.: Theory of self-assembled tubules and helical
ribbons. J. Phys. Chem. B 105, 7157–7169 (2001). (b) ten Eikelder H.M.M., Huub, M.M.,
Markvoort, A.J., de Greef, T.F.A., Hilbers, P.A.J.: An equilibrium model for chiral amplification
in supramolecular polymers. J. Phys. Chem. B 116, 5291–5301
54. (a) Yu, R., Lin, N.B., Yu, W.D., Liu, X.Y.: Crystal networks in supramolecular gels: formation
kinetics and mesoscopic engineering principles. CRYSTENGCOMM 17, 7986–8010 (2015).
(b) Yan, N., Xu, Z.Y., Diehn, K.K., Raghavan, S.R., Fang, Y., Weiss, R.G.: Correlations of gel
properties with gelator structures and characterization of solvent effects. Langmuir 29, 793–
805 (2013). (c) Yan, N., Xu, Z., Diehn, K.K., Raghavan, S.R., Fang, Y., Weiss, R.G.: How Do
Liquid Mixtures Solubilize Insoluble Gelators? Self-Assembly Properties of Pyrenyl-LinkerGlucono Gelators in Tetrahydrofuran-Water Mixtures. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 135, 8989–8999
(2013). (d) Liu, S.J., Yu, W., Zhou, C.: Solvents effects in the formation and viscoelasticity of
DBS organogels. Soft Matter. 9, 864–874 (2013)