A transparent photo-responsive organogel based on a glycoluril supergelator

K Tiefenbacher, H Dube, D Ajami…

Index: Tiefenbacher, Konrad; Dube, Henry; Ajami, Dariush; Rebek, Julius Chemical Communications, 2011 , vol. 47, # 26 p. 7341 - 7343

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Abstract

Gels are intensely studied materials with diverse applications ranging from drug delivery, sensing, surface engineering and hardening liquid waste. 1,2 Organogels are formed by the assembly of low molecular weight organic molecules into entangled three-dimensional networks that entrap solvent molecules. There is considerable interest in the development of gels responsive to external stimuli with a special focus on photo-responsive organogels. 3–15 Easy and ...