1. Remarkable polymorphism in gels of new azobenzene bis-urea gelators
- Author
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J. H van Esch, S. van der Laan, Bernard Feringa, Rm Kellogg, Synthetische Organische Chemie, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Stratingh Institute of Chemistry, and Moleculaire Anorganische Chemie
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ORGANIC-SOLVENTS ,ORGANOGELS ,DERIVATIVES ,Surfaces and Interfaces ,AGGREGATE ,SWITCHES ,Condensed Matter Physics ,NANOSTRUCTURES ,GELATION ,Solvent ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Azobenzene ,chemistry ,Polymorphism (materials science) ,Synthetic Receptors ,LIQUIDS ,Electrochemistry ,Urea ,ComputingMethodologies_DOCUMENTANDTEXTPROCESSING ,Organic chemistry ,SYNTHETIC RECEPTORS ,General Materials Science ,STILBENE ,GeneralLiterature_REFERENCE(e.g.,dictionaries,encyclopedias,glossaries) ,Spectroscopy - Abstract
Azobenzenes substituted with two urea groups, and especially the 2,2‘-disubstituted azobenzenes, form thermoreversible gels with a wide range of organic solvents at concentrations which are in some cases even as low as 0.2 mM. Most remarkably, the 2,2‘-disubstituted azobenzene gelator can form two different morphs, which is governed by the properties of the solvent and kinetic factors.
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- 2002