Issue 11, 2007
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Soft Matter

Simple esters of cholic acid as potent organogelators: direct imaging of the collapse of SAFINs†

Nonappaa  and  Uday Maitra*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-12, India
E-mail: maitra@orgchem.iisc.ernet.in
Fax: +91 802 360 0529

b The Chemical Biology Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India

Abstract

Unusual gelation of a number of organic solvents by allyl cholate and other simple esters of cholic acid is reported. These gels were characterized by SEM, AFM, polarizing optical microscopy (POM), X-ray powder diffraction and other techniques. Electron micrographs of the xerogels revealed the presence of highly entangled 3D fibrillar networks. Direct imaging of the collapse of SAFINs and their thermal stability were performed using variable temperature polarizing optical microscopy (POM).

Graphical abstract: Simple esters of cholic acid as potent organogelators: direct imaging of the collapse of SAFINs

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B711010C
Article type
Paper
Submitted
18 Jul 2007
Accepted
12 Sep 2007
First published
27 Sep 2007

Soft Matter, 2007,3, 1428-1433

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