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n-Alkanes Gel n-Alkanes (and Many Other Organic Liquids)
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In this article, the stability of the gels is discussed in terms of gelator concentration, gelator temperature, and the duration of time gels persist without bulk phase separation.Abstract:
Thermoreversible gelation of relatively short n-alkanes and a variety of other organic liquids has been accomplished using low concentrations of long n-alkanes (chain lengths from 24 to 36 carbon atoms) as gelators The stability of the gels is discussed in terms of gelator concentration, gelation temperature, and the duration of time gels persist without bulk phase separation Generally, stability increases with the chain length of the gelator n-Alkanes are structurally the simplest organic gelators possible and their gels with n-alkanes as liquids are the simplest organogels that can be made Their existence demonstrates that London dispersion forces alone can provide colloidal networks whose strength is sufficient to immobilize liquids against the pull of gravityread more
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Low Molecular Mass Gelators of Organic Liquids and the Properties of Their Gels
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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
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